Become the Pediatric Resuscitation Team Member Children Deserve and Families Trust.

You can expect a welcoming, supportive, and highly interactive learning experience from the moment your virtual PALS course begins. Instead of feeling intimidated or overwhelmed, you will feel engaged, involved, and supported by experienced instructors who are committed to helping you succeed.

Throughout the course, you will work through realistic pediatric emergency scenarios, ask questions in real time, strengthen your assessment and resuscitation skills, and build confidence in your ability to recognize and respond to critically ill or injured infants and children. You will learn alongside other healthcare professionals in a live classroom environment — all from the comfort of your home or workplace.

By the end of your PALS experience, you will feel more confident, more prepared, and more comfortable managing pediatric emergencies as part of a high-performing healthcare team. You will leave with practical skills, improved clinical decision-making abilities, and the confidence to provide timely, effective care when young patients need it most.

You can expect an engaging, hands-on, and supportive learning experience from the moment you walk into your classroom PALS course. Rather than feeling like you are simply sitting through lectures, you will actively participate in discussions, team-based scenarios, pediatric assessment exercises, and real-world emergency case management alongside other healthcare professionals.

Throughout the course, you will have opportunities to ask questions, practice critical thinking skills, strengthen your understanding of pediatric emergency care concepts, and build confidence in recognizing and managing critically ill or injured infants and children in a collaborative clinical environment. Your instructors are there to guide, coach, and support you every step of the way.

By the end of your classroom PALS experience, you will feel more confident in your abilities, more comfortable working within a pediatric resuscitation team, and better prepared to respond during real pediatric emergencies. You will leave with practical skills, improved clinical judgment, and the confidence to provide effective, timely care when young patients need it most.

• Utilize the BLS, Primary, and Secondary Assessments.

• Understand the importance of high-quality BLS, including emphasizing early chest compressions and integrating early defibrillation.

• Recognize and manage pediatric patients experiencing a respiratory event.

• Recognize and manage pediatric patients experiencing a shock event.

• Recognize and manage pediatric patients experiencing an arrhythmia event.

• Recognize and manage pediatric patients experiencing a cardiac arrest until termination of resuscitation efforts or transfer of care.

• Manage a pediatric patient who obtains a return of spontaneous circulation.

• Understand the importance of effective communication as a team member or team leader.

• Evaluate your team’s resuscitative efforts during a cardiac arrest utilizing a continuous assessment of CPR quality, monitoring the patient’s physiologic response, and delivering real-time feedback to your team

• Recognize the impact and importance of team dynamics on overall team performance.

• Discuss how the use of a rapid response team or medical emergency team may improve pediatric patient outcomes.

During the Canadian Heart Association’s PALS program, you will be given access to an integrated online evaluation system. It is through the use of this system that you will be evaluated. Evaluation happens in real-time with the program. You can access the system using your own smartphone or computer. Through the use of this interactive evaluation system, we can guarantee that you will successfully complete the program and earn your PALS Provider Certificate.