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Tue 9/29/2026 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
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Welcome to the Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Update Course
Time: 0830-1700
Location: Beacon Children’s Hospital 4th floor conference room and simulation lab (directions are below)
You will have the opportunity to renew your BLS at this course!
OBTAIN THE PALS PROVIDER MANUAL FROM YOUR EDUCATOR.
YOU MUST BRING THIS BOOK WITH YOU TO CLASS.
What to bring to class:
1. Copy of your current PALS card
2. Print out of your PALS Precourse assessment SCORE
3. PALS Provider manual
How to prepare:
• Complete pre course work and self-assessment.
You can find the pre course work and self-assessment here:
https://elearning.heart.org/course/1538
The pre course self-assessment must be completed with a score of 70% or greater. YOU MUST BRING A COPY OF YOUR SCORE TO THE CLASS. This must be turned in at the beginning of class. If you do not have your pre course self-assessment completed, you will not be able to attend class and will be asked to reschedule.
• Be prepared to pass the Child CPR and AED Skills Testing Checklist and Infant CPR Skills Testing Checklist. The resuscitation scenarios require that your BLS skills and knowledge are current. Review and understand all 2025 BLS guidelines, especially as they relate to pediatric patients. You may find this information in the BLS Provider Manual or in other publications based on the 2025 AHA Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (see cpr.heart.org).
You will have the opportunity to renew your BLS at this course!
• Review and understand the information in your PALS Provider Manual. Pay particular attention to the systematic approach to pediatric assessment, the evaluate-identify-intervene sequence, and the management of respiratory and circulatory abnormalities.
What this course does not cover:
The PALS Course does not teach CPR, ECG rhythm identification, PALS pharmacology, or algorithms. If you do not review CPR and if you do not learn and understand the ECG and pharmacology information in the precourse self-assessment, it is unlikely that you can successfully complete the PALS Course. You will not be taught how to read or interpret ECG rhythm strips in the course, nor will you be taught details about PALS pharmacology.
Directions to the conference room/sim lab (if you cannot badge through a door text/call 503-267-3881):
Option 1 - Take A elevator to 4th floor, enter through doors on right, follow signs.
Option 2 - Park in the Lafayette Garage on the 4th floor
Enter through the NORTH clinic entrance (NOT the pediatric oncology entrance).
Follow the hallway around to the end (do not go through the double doors) and turn right.
Follow signs.
If you are bringing a lunch, please note we currently do not have access to a microwave or refrigerator.
Please feel free to reach out with any questions about the course.
Emily Petersen, RN, BSN
PALS Coordinator
Manager of Inpatient Quality
Women's and Children's Division
Beacon Health System
Beacon Children’s Hospital @ Memorial Hospital
615 N. Michigan St., South Bend, IN 46601
O. 574-647-3397
C: 503-267-3881
beaconhealthsystem.org
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574.875.6430
