Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Provider Course (Portage)
Apr 25 - 26, 2024 9:00AM — 4:00PM
Location
Portage District General Hospital - Classroom
Portage la Prairie, MB
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About the Course
The Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Provider course enables health-care professionals to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to better recognize and treat critically ill infants and children. The course materials are scenario-based, and a team approach is used to teach emergency management of pediatric patients approaching or already in respiratory or cardiac arrest, from the early minutes through patient stabilization and/or the transport phases of a pediatric emergency, in or out of the hospital.
Successful participants will be acknowledged as PALS Providers by the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Manitoba.
PALS Course Content
- Recognition and treatment of infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest.
- Systematic approach to pediatric assessment.
- Effective respiratory management.
- Validation of skills for one-person and two-person CPR and AED skills for infants and children.
- Defibrillation and synchronized cardioversion.
- Intraosseous access and fluid bolus administration.
- Effective resuscitation team dynamics.
Who Should Attend?
The PALS Course is designed for health-care professionals who initiate and direct advanced life support in pediatric emergencies including emergency physicians, family physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, paramedics and other healthcare professionals.
- Full Provider (2-day) PALS courses are intended for participants who have never taken PALS or whose PALS certification is expired.
- Renewal (1-day) PALS course is required every two years.
- The prerequisite for PALS Provider Course is a current HSFC BLS for Health-care Provider (C) card.
Registration Fees
Preference will be given to Southern Health-Santé Sud employees and Affiliate sites within Southern Health-Santé Sud.
Southern Health-Santé Sud Employees (including SH-SS Physicians):
Registration Fee: $450.00
Non-Southern Health-Santé Sud participants:
Registration Fee: $550.00
Registration includes PALS Provider textbook (if requested), indirect PALS fees for the course, meals/nutritional breaks.
Please send cheque, made payable to Southern Health-Santé Sud, to:
Staff Development
Southern Health-Santé Sud
3-30 Stephen Street
Morden, MB R6M 2G3
Or call the Regional Staff Development Clerk at (204) 822-2651 to pay by credit card.
Regional Course Cancellation Policy
In the event of written cancellation received (3) weeks before the course, the registration fee will be refunded minus a $25.00 administration fee. No refunds will be issued after that date.
Registration closes (3) weeks prior to the course. ACLS courses often have waitlists and therefore, participants who are registered for the course are asked to please ensure they are able to attend and if they need to withdraw, to do so (3) weeks prior to the course so that a participant on the waitlist can attend in their place.
Important Course Postponement Information
It is important to include your personal home/cell # and personal email when registering for education sessions so that you may be reached in the rare instance of last-minute course cancellation/postponements.
In the case of inclement weather on the morning of any regional education session, please call (204) 422-3106 to check if your education session has been postponed due to inclement weather.
