CME | Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Credits Available:
Physicians: 4.00 AMA Category 1 PRA CME Nurses: 4.00 CE

Course Availability:
4/29/2021 thru 4/28/2024

Target Audience and Goal Statement:
This activity is intended for physicians and other healthcare professionals who may need to recognize and treat children and infant patients suffering from cardiac arrest and other cardiopulmonary emergencies. This activity is intended to provide instructional material to physicians and other healthcare professionals to guide them in how to perform Pediatric Advanced Life Support. Upon completing this activity, participants will be able to analyze and treat respiratory and cardiopulmonary emergencies to reduce fatal outcomes.
After completing this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Identify basis for Pediatric Advanced Life Saving treatment
• Recognize and preform effective high quality BLS
• Apply team dynamics and develop effective communication skills as part of a high-performance team
• Recognize respiratory distress/failure and importance of early intervention
• Recognition, treatment, and management of pediatric shock
• Recognition and management of pediatric bradycardia and tachycardia
• Recognition and management of pediatric cardiac arrest
• Knowledge of importance of post-resuscitation support
• Identify abnormal heart rhythms