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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:
- PALS Text, Required
- ECC Handbook, Strongly Recommended
Instructor Materials:
- Instructor's Manual: Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- PALS Instructor's Tool Kit with required videos
Card Type: Course completion
Written/Skills Exam: Required for completion card
- A current AHA provider card for the course you wish to teach.
- A letter of recommendation to be an instructor from an affiliate/regional or course faculty member (not required for BLS).
- Letter from a Training Center Coordinator indicating that the TC will accept you as an instructor.
- Willingness to teach the scientific and program guidelines of the American Heart Association.
- 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