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pediatrics text           The American Heart Association offers training solutions on a variety of topics regarding the cardiovascular treatment of infants, children, and adolescents. Healthcare providers will learn more about basic rhythms, common arrhythmias, relief of choking, and even skills to assess and stabilize at-risk patients.  
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Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

This classroom-based course uses a scenario-based, team approach to teach pediatric emergency management of patients approaching or already in respiratory or cardiac arrest.   

Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS)
Students who do not regularly treat critically ill children will develop skills in recognizing certain pediatric distress signs and symptoms using several unique visual cues and working at learning stations.    
The Handbook of Emergency Cardiovascular Care 
for Healthcare Providers 
The Handbook of Emergency Cardiovascular Care for Healthcare Providers was updated in 2008 to include important new information and recommendations that remain consistent with the 2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. 

 

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Learn:™ Rhythm Pediatric
Here’s an online course that introduces healthcare providers to normal pediatric cardiac rhythms and prepares them to recognize basic pediatric cardiac arrhythmias in clinical practice. The course features animation, interactive activities, and self-assessment portions.    
HeartCode™ PALS Part 1
Try computer-based lessons where students “virtually” assess and formulate treatment for pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest patients through 12 interactive hospital-based cases. This course also includes a pre-course self-assessment of ECG recognition and pharmacology.   
Structured and Supported Debriefing Course 
Structured and Supported Debriefing Course teaches advanced life support instructors how to facilitate an effective debriefing of their students within 10 minutes after a skills practice session.