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CENTER FOR EMS TRAINING

5549 Portsmouth Blvd
Portsmouth, VA 23701
Local: 757-465-0100
Toll Free: 877-334-2669

Pediatric Advanced Life Support - Instructor

Cost: $250.00 (Includes Instructor Manual)

Course Description:

The goal of the Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor Course is to provide the potential instructor candidate the ability to assist the student 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
  • The cognitive and psychomotor skills needed to resuscitate and stabilize infants and children in respiratory failure, shock or cardiopulmonary arrest.

Course Length: 8 hours

Intended Audience:

Pediatricians, house staff, emergency physicians, family physicians, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare providers who are responsible for the well-being of infants and children.

Student Materials:

  1. PALS Text, Required
  2. ECC Handbook, Strongly Recommended

Instructor Materials:

  1. Instructor's Manual: Pediatric Advanced Life Support
  2. PALS Instructor's Tool Kit with required videos

Card Type: Course completion

Written/Skills Exam: Required for completion card

  1. A current AHA provider card for the course you wish to teach.
  2. A letter of recommendation to be an instructor from an affiliate/regional or course faculty member (not required for BLS).
  3. Letter from a Training Center Coordinator indicating that the TC will accept you as an instructor.
  4. Willingness to teach the scientific and program guidelines of the American Heart Association.
  5. Commitment to teach two courses per year according to AHA guidelines.

For more information please contact our office.

* Class subject to cancellation for lack of sufficient enrollment.


Course Registration

Course Times are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM