3. HeartCode PALS

HeartCode Online Content
Topics covered in this course include:
•    High-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
•    Differentiation between patients who do require and do not require immediate interventions
•    Performance as a high-performance team member
•    Differentiation between respiratory distress and respiratory failure
•    Management of respiratory distress and respiratory failure
•    Differentiation between compensated and hypotensive (decompensated) shock
•    Differentiation between types of shock
•    Early interventions for the treatment of shock
•    Bradycardic and tachycardic rhythms
•    Clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
•    Cardiac arrest and post-cardiac arrest management

Time to Complete
HeartCode Online Portion: 6 to 7 hours
Simulation Station Portion: 30 minutes

Simulation Station Activities
•    Adult/Child Compressions 
•    Adult/Child Ventilations 
•    2-Rescuer Child CPR (15:2) 
•    Infant Compressions 
•    Infant Ventilations 
•    2-Rescuer Infant CPR(15:2)