- Live, In-Person Classes (100% with an Instructor)
- For students who do not have a current PALS certification
- 12-15 hours
- Must have current BLS Provider card & ability to interpret ECGs
- Precourse Self Assessment required
- AHA Certification Card Provided
- Live, In-Person Classes (100% with an Instructor)
- For students who have a current PALS certification
- 7-8 hours
- Must have current BLS & PALS Provider cards & ability to interpret ECGs
- Precourse Self Assessment required
- AHA Certification Card Provided
- Blended (50% Self-Paced Online Class & 50% In-Person Skills Session with an Instructor)
- Only recommended for students who have a current PALS certification
- 2-4 hours Online, 2-3 hours In-Person
- Must have current BLS Provider card & ability to interpret ECGs
- AHA Certification Card Provided
- Blended (50% Self-Paced Online Class & 50% In-Person Skills Session with an Instructor)
- Only recommended for students who have a current PALS certification
- 4-6 hours Online, 2-3 hours In-Person
- For experienced pediatric healthcare providers seeking advanced educational content
- AHA Certification Card Provided
- Live, In-Person Classes (100% with an Instructor)
- 7-8 hours
- Must have current BLS Provider card
- AHA Certification Card Provided
- Live, In-Person Classes (100% with an Instructor)
- For students who have a current BLS, ACLS & PALS certifications
- 11-12 hours
- Must have current BLS, ACLS & PALS Provider cards & ability to interpret ECGs
- Precourse Self Assessments required
- AHA Certification Cards Provided
- Live, In-Person Classes
- For students who have a current PALS certification
- 1-2 hour Online, 6-7 hours In-Person & Monitored Teaching
- Must have current BLS & PALS Provider cards, ability to interpret ECGs & experience as a PALS Provider
- AHA Certification Card Provided
- Live, In-Person Classes
- For students who have a current PALS or PEARS® certification
- 1-2 hour Online, 6-7 hours In-Person & Monitored Teaching
- Must have current BLS & PALS or PEARS® Provider cards & experience as a PALS or PEARS® Provider
- AHA Certification Card Provided
For healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units.
*The Initial Class is for students who do not have a current PALS certification.
The participants who complete this training program will be certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and AHA as a PALS Provider. This course is designed for the advanced-level medical provider (nurses, respiratory, physicians, paramedics) to review how to assess, care for, and resuscitate pediatric patients with respiratory, shock, and cardiac emergencies. With this training, you can better understand how to reduce the mortality of pediatric patients. Skills and treatments of potential and actual pediatric victims of cardiopulmonary emergencies. Skills include respiratory management, defibrillation, cardioversion, IO insertion, fluid administration, and team dynamics, emphasizing high-quality CPR. American Heart Association certification eCard provided.
The course is 12-15 hours, with a DVD presentation, lecture, practical application, written exam and skills test.
- Current BLS Provider card,
- Ability to interpret ECGs, and
- Complete PALS Precourse Self Assessment.
$219.99
The AHA requires that each student have the current digital or printed textbook at this course. If you do not have either, please add either an eBook or printed manual to your order when you register.
For healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units.
*The Update Class is for students who have a current PALS certification.
The participants who complete this training program will be certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and AHA as a PALS Provider. This course is designed for the advanced-level medical provider (nurses, respiratory, physicians, paramedics) to review how to assess, care for, and resuscitate pediatric patients with respiratory, shock, and cardiac emergencies. With this training, you can better understand how to reduce the mortality of pediatric patients. Skills and treatments of potential and actual pediatric victims of cardiopulmonary emergencies. Skills include respiratory management, defibrillation, cardioversion, IO insertion, fluid administration, and team dynamics, emphasizing high-quality CPR. American Heart Association certification eCard provided.
The course is 7-8 hours, with a DVD presentation, lecture, practical application, written exam and skills test.
- Current BLS & PALS Provider cards,
- Ability to interpret ECGs, and
- Complete PALS Precourse Self Assessment.
$169.99
The AHA requires that each student have the current digital or printed textbook at this course. If you do not have either, please add either an eBook or printed manual to your order when you register.
For healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units.
*The Blended Learning is only recommended for students who have a current PALS certification.
The participants who complete this training program will be certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and AHA as a PALS Provider. This course is designed for the advanced-level medical provider (nurses, respiratory, physicians, paramedics) to review how to assess, care for, and resuscitate pediatric patients with respiratory, shock, and cardiac emergencies. With this training, you can better understand how to reduce the mortality of pediatric patients. Skills and treatments of potential and actual pediatric victims of cardiopulmonary emergencies. Skills include respiratory management, defibrillation, cardioversion, IO insertion, fluid administration, and team dynamics, emphasizing high-quality CPR. American Heart Association certification eCard provided.
Heartcode® PALS Online is a 2-4 hour self-paced eLearning course. The in-person Skills Session is 3 hours, with discussion, practical application and skills tests.
- Current BLS Provider card,
- Ability to interpret ECGs, and
- Complete the "HeartCode PALS" online (available when registering).
$159.99
AHA requires that each student completes the AHA online course prior to this Skills Session. If you have not already purchased this, please keep this on your order when you register.
Manuals are optional for this Skills Session.
For experienced pediatric healthcare providers seeking advanced educational content.
*The Blended Learning is only recommended for students who have a current PALS certification.
The PALS Plus™ Provider Course, co-developed by the AHA and the AAP, teaches content beyond the standard PALS Provider curriculum through the addition to the curriculum of at least 6 of 9 PALS Advanced eLearning Modules related to pediatric emergencies. The full course includes HeartCode® PALS Online and the student’s selection of at least 6 of the 9 PALS Plus™ Advanced eLearning Modules, followed by a HeartCode PALS skills session. After successful completion of all PALS Plus™ Provider Course components, students will receive a PALS Plus™ Provider eCard (a PALS Provider eCard with a special designation of “PALS Plus™”), valid for 2 years.
Heartcode® PALS Online is a 2-4 hour self-paced eLearning course. The PALS Plus™ module completion time depends on your choice of topic and the number of modules. The in-person Skills Session is 3 hours, with discussion, practical application and skills tests.
- Current BLS Provider card,
- Ability to interpret ECGs, and
- Complete the PALS Plus™ online (available when registering).
$159.99
AHA requires that each student completes the AHA online course prior to this Skills Session. If you have not already purchased this, please keep this on your order when you register.
Manuals are optional for this Skills Session.
For healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children.
The participants who complete this training program will be certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and AHA as a PEARS® Provider. This course is designed for medical providers to review how to assess, care for, and resuscitate pediatric patients with respiratory, shock, and cardiac emergencies. With this training, you can better understand how to reduce the mortality of pediatric patients. Skills and treatments of potential and actual pediatric victims of cardiopulmonary emergencies. Skills include respiratory management, defibrillation and team dynamics, emphasizing high-quality CPR. American Heart Association certification eCard provided.
The course is 7-8 hours, with a DVD presentation, lecture, practical application, written exam and skills test.
Current BLS Provider card
$169.99
The AHA requires that each student have the current digital or printed textbook at this course. If you do not have either, please add either an eBook or printed manual to your order when you register.
For any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association PALS, PALS Update and PEARS® classes and PALS Skills Sessions.
*This Class is for students who have a current PALS Provider certification.
The Instructor Candidates who complete this training program will be certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and AHA as a PALS Instructor. With this training, you can teach how to reduce the mortality of pediatric patients using skills and treatments of potential and actual pediatric victims of cardiopulmonary emergencies. Skills include respiratory management, defibrillation, cardioversion, IO insertion, fluid administration, and team dynamics, emphasizing high-quality CPR. American Heart Association certification eCard provided.
- 2 hour PALS Instructor Essentials online precourse assignment;
- 6-7 hour in-person instructor class with a DVD presentation, practical application, written exam and skills test;
- Monitored teaching.
- Current BLS & PALS Provider cards,
- Ability to interpret ECGs,
- Experience as a PALS Provider, and
- Complete the PALS Instructor Essentials online (available when registering).
$509.99
AHA requires that each Instructor Candidate completes the Instructor Essentials Online prior to this course. If you have not already purchased this, please add this to your order.
AHA also requires that each Instructor Candidate have the current digital or printed textbook at this course. If you do not have either, please add either an eBook or printed manual to your order.
For any person who wants to learn how and be certified to teach American Heart Association PEARS® classes.
*This Class is for students who have a current PEARS® Provider certification.
The Instructor Candidates who complete this training program will be certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and AHA as a PEARS® Instructor. With this training, you can teach how to reduce the mortality of pediatric patients using skills and treatments of potential and actual pediatric victims of cardiopulmonary emergencies. Skills include respiratory management, defibrillation and team dynamics, emphasizing high-quality CPR. American Heart Association certification eCard provided.
- 2 hour PEARS® Instructor Essentials online precourse assignment;
- 6-7 hour in-person instructor class with a DVD presentation, practical application, written exam and skills test;
- Monitored teaching.
- Current BLS & PALS or PEARS® Provider cards,
- Experience as a PALS or PEARS® Provider, and
- Complete the PEARS® Instructor Essentials online (available when registering).
$509.99
AHA requires that each Instructor Candidate completes the Instructor Essentials Online prior to this course. If you have not already purchased this, please add this to your order.
AHA also requires that each Instructor Candidate have the current digital or printed textbook at this course. If you do not have either, please add either an eBook or printed manual to your order.
The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the Association.
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