PALS Training Archives

Cardiac Arrest Algorithms for Pediatric Advanced Life Support

As you study for your Pediatric Advanced Life Support, or PALS, certification, you’ll need to memorize all the…

Pediatric Training for Healthcare Providers

If you work as a healthcare professional and would like to receive pediatric training that will enable you…

Our BLS certification class is a comprehensive course that is meant to teach healthcare professionals the basic life support skills and techniques needed to respond to a wide range of medical emergencies. Upon completion of this American Heart Association approved class, you can expect to have learned life-saving skills such as:

When and how to use an automatic external defibrillator (AED)
How to perform high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants equivalent to what is taught in CPR certification classes
All of the steps in the AHA Chain of Survival and how to apply the BLS concepts of the Chain of Survival
Signs of someone needing CPR
Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction in adults and infants
How to work as a team in order to perform multirescuer resuscitation in both prehospital and in-facility settings
Effective ventilations using a barrier device

Whether you are looking to become ACLS certified for the first time or you are looking for ACLS recertification in Los Angeles, our ACLS certification classes are sure to be the perfect fit for you. This course is designed for healthcare professionals including personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, and paramedics. Over the course of these classes, you will learn how to recognize and perform early management of respiratory arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies as well as:

Discuss early recognition and management of ACS and stroke, including appropriate disposition
Recognize and perform early management of bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome
Recognize and perform early management of cardiac arrest until termination of resuscitation or transfer of care, including immediate post-cardiac arrest care
Model effective communication as a member or leader of a high-performance team
Evaluate resuscitative efforts during a cardiac arrest through continuous assessment of CPR quality, monitoring the patient’s physiologic response, and delivering real-time feedback to the team
Recognize the impact of team dynamics on overall team performance