AHA PALS Provider Manual

The PALS Provider Manual is for use by a single student and provides information needed before, during, and after class. A code within the front cover of the manual provides students access to a website containing mandatory and supplemental information and reference materials, including the PALS Pre-course Self- Assessment (must pass with score of 70% or higher), to help them successfully complete the course. Also includes a PALS Pocket Reference Card (#15-1046), 1 sheet of tab labels, 1 pre-course preparation notification sticker and 1 pre-course preparation checklist.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Perform high-quality Child CPR AED and Infant CPR per AHA BLS recommendations
• Differentiate between patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
• Recognize cardiopulmonary arrest early and begin CPR within 10 seconds
• Apply team dynamics
• Differentiate between respiratory distress and failure
• Perform early interventions for respiratory distress and failure
• Differentiate between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
• Perform early interventions for the treatment of shock
• Differentiate between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
• Describe clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
• Implement post–cardiac arrest management