Pediatric Life Support Courses

ENPC - Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course
The Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course reviews such subjects as pediatric anatomy and physiology, discusses how to interpret key signs and symptoms seen in pediatric patients, and categorizes children who need immediate life-saving treatment as opposed to those whom delay of treatment would be less of a risk. A number of pediatric emergency care situations are simulated within this course, which require participants to hone their skills in such areas as airway management, medication administration, trauma assessment, pediatric resuscitation, and triage. Participants are asked to take a 50 item written exam at the end of this 16-hour course as well as psychomotor skills evaluation which reviews their ability to handle simulated emergency care situations.

PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
The goal of the Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider Course is to teach students how to recognize infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest, to provide students with strategies for preventing cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children and to teach students how to perform the cognitive and psychomotor skills for resuscitating and stabilizing infants and children in respiratory failure, shock, or cardiopulmonary arrest. Skills in bag-mask-ventilation and cardioversion, use of AEDs for children and rhythm management are emphasized. This is a 2-day course with a written exam and evaluation component.

APLS-Advanced Pediatric Life Support
The fourth edition of APLS: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resource represents quantum leaps both in the content and in the scope of the course. Originally conceived as a course in the basic elements of pediatric emergency medicine for physicians who did not regularly care for ill or injured children, the course now attempts to be the definitive resource in pediatric emergency medicine education for physicians and physician extenders in training and in practice.

PBLS-Pediatric Basic Life Support
The BLS Healthcare Provider Course teaches the skills of CPR for victims of all ages (including ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device, and oxygen), use of an AED on adults and children, and relief of FBAO in responsive and non-responsive victims. The course is designed for healthcare providers who care for patients in a wide variety of settings, both in and out of hospital.

PEPP - Pediatric Education for Pre-hospital Professionals
Pediatric Education for Prehospital Professionals (PEPP) represents a complete source of prehospital medical information for the emergent care of infants and children. Developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, PEPP represents a comprehensive source of prehospital medical information for the emergent care of infants and children. It will teach prehospital professionals how to better assess and manage ill or injured children.

PBTLS-Pediatric Basic Trauma Life Support
Pediatric BTLS continues the learning of the Basic and Advanced courses - with an emphasis on understanding and responding to trauma in children. The 8-hour course teaches the proper assessment, stabilization and packaging of pediatric trauma patients. It also highlights techniques for communicating with young patients and their parents. Hands-on stations include: airway management and chest decompression, fluid resuscitation, spine management, and patient assessment and management.