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American
Heart Association
Guidelines 2000
Template for the Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Provider
Class
| First Day |
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| 30 minutes Introduction |
Welcome, 20 minute Lecture with 20 PowerPoint slides on Overview, Recognition Respiratory Failure and Shock; Site specific information on course logistics, Collection of pre-tests. | |||
| 10 minutes Video with Skills Demonstration |
10 minute video overview with zoom-in brief identification of course components and brief segments for the skills stations (Basic Life Support: 3 minutes; Advanced Airway: 1 minute; Vascular Access: 2 minutes; Rhythm Assessment, Defibrillation, and Ice Water: 4 minutes). | |||
| 190
minutes Skills Stations (60 minutes each, 5 minutes transition to change, 6-8 students per instructor) |
Bag Mask
and Advanced Airway 60 minutes (Video) |
Rhythm Assessment, AED Use, and Defibrillation |
BLS
Station FBAO and 2-person CPR with BM for infant/child 30 minutes |
Vascular
access, IO, Fluid Bolus 30 minutes |
| Vascular
access, IO, Fluid Bolus 30 minutes |
BLS
Station FBAO and 2-person CPR with BM for infant/child 30 minutes |
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| 15 minutes Case Scenarios |
Video
Algorithms: 3
example cases discussed by experts
(Pulseless Arrest: Asystole, Pulseless Arrest: Ventricular
Fibrillation, Tachycardia with Poor Perfusion; 5 minutes
each) |
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| 60 minutes | Lunch Break (Also: Remediation as needed and Self-study) | |||
| 20 minutes Pre-Test Review and Demo |
Approach to respiratory failure and shock: (1) Pre-test Review with questions and answers: 10 minutes (2) Demo of Respiratory Failure and Shock Patients , followed by questions and answers: 5 minutes |
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| 155 minutes Case Scenario Practice (1st case instructor demo: Shift instructors every 35 minutes+ 5 minutes for transition) |
Station
1: Shock Infant and child 3 scenarios x 10 minutes each including 1 trauma and summary poster [ ± manikins] 6-8 participants |
Station
2: Respiratory Failure Infant and child 3 scenarios x 10 minutes each including 1 trauma and summary poster [+ manikins] 6-8 participants |
Station
3: Rhythm Disturbances Infant and child 3 scenarios x 10 minutes each (SVT stable, tachycardia unstable, Ventricular Fibrillation, and summary poster [ ± manikins / defibrillator] 6-8 participants |
Station
4: Unknown Infant and child 3 scenarios x 10 minutes each (Shock, Respiratory Failure / Respiratory Arrest, Child Abuse / Trauma) and summary poster [manikins / defibrillator] 6-8 participants |
| Second Day |
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| 45 minutes Large Group Integration Session / Introduction |
(1) Site specific Introduction to Second
Day. (2) Two minute video showing child for Integration Session and Integration Session with < 20 PowerPoint slides to review interventions for Respiratory Failure and Shock. (3) Three minute video including code from Day 1, including brief mention of code documentation, special resuscitation applications, and ethics leading to coping with death segment, and audience interaction for 10 minutes (4) Motivational video (5 minutes, examples of selected modules and expectations). |
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| 120-180 minutes Selected Pilot Modules (60 minutes each) Select a minimum of two; Site can modify) |
Special
Healthcare Needs Children 60 minutes Video |
Rapid Sequence
Intubation 60 minutes |
Newly Born 60 minutes CD-ROM |
Special Circumstances:
Toxicology 60 minutes |
| Trauma and Spinal Immobilization 60 minutes Video |
Coping With Death 60 minutes Video |
Sedation 60 minutes PowerPoint slides |
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| 60 minutes | Lunch and Self-Review |
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| 120-180 minutes Practical and Written Examinations |
Written Evaluation 50 minutes & Course Evaluation 10 minutes |
Practical
Evaluation Infant and child Scenarios each 10 minutes keyed to provider level 10 minutes per provider |
Practical
Evaluation Infant and child Scenarios each 10 minutes keyed to provider level 10 minutes per provider |
AED / Defibrillator
Practical Evaluation Skills check off for defibrillation and AED use < 5 minutes / provider |
| Remediation | Course Coordinator issues Course Completion Cards | |||
Total Time:
Day 1 (420 minutes = 7 hours) + lunch
Day 2 (285-405 minutes = 4 hours 45 minutes - 6 hours 45 minutes) +
lunch
SEE ALSO:
Additional PALS Resources
PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support),
Link to Template for PALS Class,
PALS Rollout Information for Instructors,
PALS Rollout Agenda and Equipment Needed,
and
PALS Text
ACUTE CARE's Analysis of the AHA's Guidelines 2000 Science
PBLS (Pediatric Basic Life Support)
Ethical Aspects of CPR and ECC,
Adult BLS (Basic Life Support),
and ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
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