For Medical Professionals
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
PALS January-April 2013 Registration Form
PALS May-August 2013 Registration Form
PEARS May & July 2013 Registration Form
*Please note: as part of a new website development process, we are not able to update current course availability. Please contact our office to check if your preferred course date is available.
PALS Program Objectives
The Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Program is designed to meet the needs of all health care professionals, including pediatricians, emergency physicians, family practice physicians, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists and others who work with, or may work with, pediatric patients.
The goal of the PALS Program is to provide the participant with:
- information needed to recognize infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest
- information and strategies needed to prevent cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children
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the cognitive and psychomotor skills needed to resuscitate and stabilize infants and children in respiratory failure, shock or cardiopulmonary arrest
PALS Provider course
The PALS Provider course is intended for first-time participants. The course lasts two days, with Day 1 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Day 2 from 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m. BLS certification is strongly recommended. The next available classes are:
- April 9 & 10
- May 21 & 22
- June 4 & 5
- July 9 & 10
- August 1 & 2
Please note: as part of a new website development process, we are not able to update current course availability. Please contact our office to check if your preferred course date is available.
*This program has been approved by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) for 13.75 Contact Hours, Synergy CERP Category A, File number 00017958.
PALS Refresher course
The PALS Refresher course is intended for anyone currently certified in PALS who wishes to renew their certification. Refresher course participants must not have a lapse in certification greater than one year, and BLS certification is strongly recommended. The course lasts one day from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The next available classes are:
- April 11
- May 1
- June 3
- June 21
- June 24
- July 5
- July 11
- July 15
- July 16
- July 31
- August 6
- August 14
- August 20
Please note: as part of a new website development process, we are not able to update current course availability. Please contact our office to check if your preferred course date is available.
Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS)
PEARS is an intermediate course designed to enhance the health care provider's basic pediatric life support knowledge to prepare students to initiate and manage the first few minutes of a pediatric arrest or prevent the arrest of a pediatric victim at risk of, or in, severe cardiopulmonary distress. This course is not intended for the advanced provider. The course lasts one day from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. The next available classes are:
- May 31
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July 15
Please note: as part of a new website development process, we are not able to update current course availability. Please contact our office to check if your preferred course date is available.
*This program has been approved by Nursing Staff Development of Children’s Hospital Boston #PA93, an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses (MARN), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation for 7.00 Contact Hours, Program #120816.
The PALS Instructor course is intended for anyone interested in teaching the PALS curriculum to other health care professionals. Applicants must have a current PALS Provider certification card and a current BLS/CPR certification card at the time of registration.
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*Please note that this training site does not offer classes to outside participants*
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