EMS 2002 - Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Credits: 1
Hours/Week: Lecture 0.5 Lab 1
Internship hours per week 0
Course Description: This course is designed to provide physicians, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare providers with the skills to provide advanced life support to pediatric patients. Through the PALS course, providers will enhance their skills in the treatment of the pediatric victim of cardiac, respiratory, and other emergencies. Emphasis is placed on American Heart association PALS algorithms. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will obtain PALS certification. Students must have knowledge of cardiac medications and proficiency in obtaining vascular access, ECG interpretation, and manual defibrillator operation prior to enrolling in this course. This course requires completion of EMS 1010 with current certification or current American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Provider or equivalent certification. Students must possess certification or licensure as a paramedic, registered nurse (RN), medical doctor (MD), doctor of osteopathy (DO), respiratory therapist (RT), dentist (DDS), or physicians assistant (PA).
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

Course overview
Review of BLS and AED for Infants and Children
High-performance teams
Systematic approach to the Seriously ill or injured child
Recognizing and managing cardiac arrest
Effective high-performance team dynamics
Recognizing respiratory distress and failure
Managing respiratory distress and failure
Recognizing shock
Managing shock
Recognizing arrhythmias
Managing arrhythmias
Post-cardiac arrest care

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

perform high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) per American Heart Association (AHA) basic life support (BLS) recommendations.
perform your role as a high-performance team member.
differentiate between patients who require immediate intervention and those who don’t.
differentiate between respiratory distress and failure.
perform early interventions for respiratory distress and failure.
differentiate between compensated and hypotensive shock.
perform early interventions for the treatment of shock.
differentiate between unstable and stable patients with dysrhythmias.
demonstrate treatment of dysrhythmias.
implement post arrest management.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies None
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
None
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
None

Practicum hours per week: 0

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