PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)

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To obtain your PALS certificate, the Heart & Stroke Foundation requires a valid Heart & Stroke BLS course completion card taken within the past 12 months. If you do not have a current Heart & Stroke BLS card, please register for our same day BLS+ PALS combination course.

Course Location

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Bayview Campus)

Course Time

Saturday: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. (BLS, 8 a.m. – 9 a.m. ⎥ PALS, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
Sunday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (PALS, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.)

PALS Provider + BLS (Weekend 2-day) Combo Courses

• Jan 11-12
• Mar 9-9
• Aug 16-17
• Nov 8-9

**NEW** PALS Provider + BLS Renewal (Blended) Courses

In addition to our traditional in-classroom format, PALS Provider is now available in a blended learning format. Blended learning provides students with the opportunity to combine self-paced, online learning with in-class, hands-on skills training.

Students with less clinical experience and less familiarity with ECG’s are encouraged to take full 2-day provider course

PALS Blended Learning has 2 components:

• Online Learning

Complete the online modules prior to the course, at your own time and pace. Includes the PALS Provider manual (eBook) as well as the PALS blended content. Modules could take between 2-6 hours. Students will have access to the content until the next course renewal.

• In-person Skills Training

Upon completion of the online modules, attend a 1-day instructor-led in-class for hands-on skills training and practice.

• Sun, Feb 23
• Sun, Apr 6
• Sat, May 3
• Sun, Jun 7
• Sat, Jul 26
• Sat, Sep 6
• Sat, Oct 18
• Sun, Dec 7

Course Fees

• Resident, RN, PA, Paramedic: $400
• MD / Dentist: $585
• 2020 PALS Manual: $80

Please note to be successful, you must review the manual prior to the course.

The PALS Provider Course emphasizes 5 major concepts:

1. Identification and treatment of problems that place the child at risk for cardiac arrest
2. Application of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment
3. Use of the evaluate-identify-intervene sequence
4. Use of PALS algorithms and flowcharts
5. Demonstration of effective resuscitation team dynamics

The course is designed to give students the opportunity to acquire, practice, and demonstrate proficiency in the assessment and management of critically ill pediatric patients.

Students will have the opportunity to learn, practice and demonstrate proficiency in the following skills:

• Perform high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) per Heart and Stroke
• Foundation basic life support (BLS) recommendations
• Differentiate between patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
• Recognize cardiopulmonary arrest early and begin CPR within 10 seconds of recognition
• Apply team dynamics
• Differentiate between respiratory distress and failure
• Perform early interventions for respiratory distress and failure
• Differentiate between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
• Perform early interventions for the treatment of shock
• Differentiate between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
• Describe clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
• Implement post–cardiac arrest management

Students will practice the application of these and other skills in simulated cases and will practice both Team Leader and team member roles.

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Provider Course is designed for healthcare providers who either direct or participate in the management of respiratory and/or cardiovascular emergencies and cardiopulmonary arrest in pediatric patients.
• This course is designed for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and paramedics, as well as others who need an ACLS course completion card for their job or other requirements.

1. Must have a current Heart & Stroke Foundation BLS Provider certification- taken within the past 12 months
   We offer same day BLS+PALS combo courses.  If you do not have a valid Heart & Stroke BLS, sign up for same day BLS.  BLS offered at PALS course is essentially a renewal course.  Heart & Stroke therefore requires you to complete the BLS Renewal Challenge prior to in-class BLS portion. Visit Heart & Stroke for more information (opens in a new window)

2. Complete the pre-course self-assessment. Requires a passing score of 70% or higher to print certificate.

Be Proficient in the following:

• Performing high-quality BLS skills through the use of the 2015 Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC
• Reading and interpreting electrocardiograms (ECGs)
• Be able to identify rhythms associated with bradycardia, tachycardia, and pulseless arrest (ventricular fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, asystole).

• PALS Course Completion card is issued by the Heart & Stroke Foundation
• Completion card valid for 2 years from date of issue
• Completion card is accessible by logging onto student account on Heart & Stroke Portal

Mainpro+ Credits (CFPC)
Participants can claim 2 credits per hour under Certified Group Learning in Mainpro+. For more details, visit the College of Family Physicians of Canada website or Heart & Stroke Foundation.

MAINPORT Credits (RCPSC)
Participants can claim 2 credits per hour under Section 2 of the MOC Programs as “Traineeships”. For more details, visit the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Mainport website.

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Course Location

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Bayview Campus)

Course Time & Schedule

Saturday or Sunday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (BLS, 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. ⎥ PALS, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.)

• Sat, Feb 22
• Sat, Apr 5
• sun, Jul 27
• Sun, Oct 19
• Sat, Dec 6

Course Fees

• Resident, RN, PA, Paramedic: $320
• MD / Dentist: $490
• 2020 PALS Manual:  $80

1. Must have a current Heart & Stroke Foundation BLS Provider certification- taken within the past 12 months
   We offer same day BLS+PALS combo courses.  If you do not have a valid Heart & Stroke BLS, sign up for same day BLS.  BLS offered at PALS course is essentially a renewal course.  Heart & Stroke therefore requires you to complete the BLS Renewal Challenge prior to in-class BLS portion.Visit Heart & Stroke for more information(opens in a new window).
2. Must have a current Heart and Stroke Foundation PALS provider certification (a grace period of 3 months post-expiry is accepted)
3. Complete the pre-course self-assessment. Requires a passing score of 70% or higher to print certificate.

Be Proficient in the following:

• Performing high-quality BLS skills through the use of the2015 Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC
• Reading and interpreting electrocardiograms (ECGs)
• Be able to identify rhythms associated with bradycardia, tachycardia, and pulseless arrest (ventricular fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, asystole).

• PALS Course Completion card is issued by the Heart & Stroke Foundation
• Completion card valid for two years from date of issue
• Completion card is accessible by logging onto student account on Heart & Stroke Portal

Mainpro+ Credits (CFPC)
Participants can claim 2 credits per hour under Certified Group Learning in Mainpro+. For more details, visit the College of Family Physicians of Canada website or Heart & Stroke Foundation.

MAINPORT Credits (RCPSC)
Participants can claim 2 credits per hour under Section 2 of the MOC Programs as “Traineeships”. For more details, visit the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Mainport website.