PALS Skills Testing

PALS Skills Testing

This skills session is the separate, hands on, in person, psychomotor skills assessment, live, with an AHA Instructor is required to earn a valid AHA PALS Provider eCard that is valid for two years.

Online Part 1 sold separately and can be added to registration at checkout, or you may purchase on your own (link below)

Skills Practice and Testing done in Class

Certification Card Issued day of class

PALS Provider Course Logo
TS Seal (1)
PALS Example Card

About the Course

Course Includes

This is the part 2 skills testing for the blended learning PALS Course.  You will come in person to complete:

Review of PALS Concepts

Pediactric CPR Testing

Megacode (Patient Simulation)

You must complete/Purchase-

Part 1 (Online Portion) Sold Separately and can be obtained at:

https://elearning.heart.org/course/439

Pre Course Self Assessment is also required:

https://elearning.heart.org/course/427

Certification Issued Same day

AHA (American Heart Association) E-Card issued same day as the course.  Certification card is good for 2 years.

Skills Learned

  • High-quality Child CPR AED and Infant CPR
  • Recognition of patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
  • Recognition of cardiopulmonary arrest early and application of CPR within 10 seconds
  • Apply team dynamics
  • Differentiation between respiratory distress and failure
  • Early interventions for respiratory distress and failure
  • Differentiation between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
  • Early interventions for the treatment of shock
  • Differentiation between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
  • Clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
  • Post–cardiac arrest management

Meets requirements for 

Medical Training Programs and schools, Medical Residency, Healthcare provider employment, Such as Nurinsg, EMT/Paramedic, Physicians, Dental Providers, and many more.

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.