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About Pediatric Advanced Life Support

The American Heart Association recognizes Children's Medical Center Dallas as a Community Training Center for Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS.)

Vision Statement

Our vision is to be the preeminent learning center to provide physicians, nurses, allied healthcare providers and emergency personnel with the cognitive and psychomotor skills necessary for resuscitating and stabilizing the critically ill or injured infant or child.

Mission Statement

Our mission, with respect to getting kids safely to the other side of childhood, is to provide professional development opportunities for participants that teach the basic and advanced life support techniques for infants and children recommended by the American Heart Association, and to be progressive in anticipating and providing future learning services to our community.

Course Overview

The American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics have developed PALS courses to emphasize the early recognition of pre-arrest states in infants and children in order to prevent cardiopulmonary arrest. The current courses were developed to meet the needs of pre-hospital and hospital pediatric healthcare providers.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of a PALS course participants should be able to:

• Recognize and treat the infant or child at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Discuss the strategies for preventing cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children.
• Demonstrate the assess-categorize-decide-act systematic approach to assessment and management of a seriously ill infant or child
• Demonstrate the cognitive and psychomotor skills necessary for resuscitating and stabilizing the infant or child using effective resuscitation team dynamics