Student Manual American Heart Association 2020 AHA PALS AHA

Features

• The AHA PALS Provider Manual
• for use by a single student
• contains all the information students need to successfully complete the AHA PALS Course
• including information needed before
• during
• and after class Updated to reflect new science in the 2020 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC Designed for healthcare providers who either direct or participate in the management of respiratory and/or cardiovascular emergencies and cardiopulmonary arrest in pediatric patients This course uses pre-course preparation
• didactic instruction
• and active participation in learning stations and simulated cases to enhance the recognition and intervention of respiratory emergencies
• shock
• and cardiopulmonary arrest Includes the PALS Reference Card Course objectives: perform high quality CPR per AHA BLS recommendations; differentiate between patients who do and do not require immediate intervention; recognize cardiopulmonary arrest early and begin CPR within 10 seconds; apply team dynamics; differentiate between and perform early interventions for respiratory distress and failure; differentiate between compensated and decompensated
• hypotensive
• shock; perform early interventions for the treatment of shock; differentiate between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias; describe clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias; implement post–cardiac arrest management