Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support is designed for healthcare providers and other personnel who direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies and for personnel in emergency response. ACLS builds on BLS and requires that BLS be completed before taking this course. This course covers the following topics: 

• Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device, and use of an AED
• Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
• Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia
• Airway management
• Related pharmacology
• Management of ACS and Stroke
• Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team

PALS is designed for healthcare providers and other personnel who respond to emergencies in infants and children for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units. PALS builds on BLS and requires that BLS be completed before taking this course. This course covers the following topics: 

• Perform high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (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 respiratory distress and failure
• 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

PEARS is designed for healthcare providers and others who might not encounter pediatric emergency situations during their work, including: nurse practitioners, physician assistants, emergency medical technicians, respiratory therapists, etc. This course covers the following topics: 

• Performing BLS consistent with the 2015 AHA guidelines update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC)
• Evaluating a seriously ill or injured child by using the pediatric systematic approach 
• Applying effective team dynamics
• Demonstrating initial stabilization of a seriously ill or injured child, including a child with cardiac arrest, respiratory distress, or shock