Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Renewal Course (Dec 19, 2017)

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Renewal Course is organized by Blank Children's Hospital UnityPoint Health and will be held on Dec 19, 2017 at Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is physicians, nurses, paramedics and respiratory therapists current concepts of advanced pediatric life support as defined by the American Heart Association.

Conference Objectives :
• Understand and be able to perform the systematic approach to pediatric assessment of a seriously ill or injured child, including the general, primary, secondary, and tertiary assessments.
• Use the "assess-categorize-decide-act" approach to decision making.
• Recognize and manage a child in respiratory distress or failure and/or compensated or hypotensive shock.
• Recognize and manage a child with life-threatening bradyarrhythmia, tachyarrhythmia or arrest rhythm.
• Describe the key elements of effective resuscitation team behaviors and explain why the foundation of successful resuscitation includes both the mastery of basic skills and effective team dynamics.
• Prevent further deterioration of the child's clinical condition during stabilization and transfer phases of care.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.