PALS Skills Check (online/In-person)
Date/Time:	Sat 6/7/2025 from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
Location:	Old Town Alexandria
Class Price:	$85.00
Notes:	Please bring your certificate of completion to class.

PALS Skills Check BLENDED LEARNING

This is the hands-on inperson Skills Check.  Students must first complete the Heartcode PALS online class.  AHA Heart Code PALS

The student must bring their certificate of completion to the skills check session. Only American Heart Association online class certificates are acceptable.

Self Paced online precourse work and instructor Led Classroom portion instructs learners to:

• • High-quality Child CPR AED and Infant CPR
  • Recognition of patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
  • Recognition of cardiopulmonary arrest early and application of CPR within 10 seconds
  • Apply team dynamics
  • Differentiation between respiratory distress and failure
  • Early interventions for respiratory distress and failure
  • Differentiation between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
  • Early interventions for the treatment of shock
  • Differentiation between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
  • Clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
  • Post–cardiac arrest management

For successful course completion: 

Students must demonstrate skills competency in all learning stations, pass the high-quality BLS skills test, bag-mask ventilation skills test, and the Megacode test. They also must pass the PALS exam with a score of 84% or higher (open book). Upon successful completion, students receive an PALS course completion card. 

Card Type: AHA PALS Provider Course Completion eCard - Delivered to your email address immediately after completion of all course requirements:

CME credits: 2.5 hours available to all learners.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ):

1. What is the blended learning option? 

The blended learning allows learners to go over a PALS online Precourse Work at home in a self paced mode.The student then attends an in-person hands on skills session to review content and demonstrate skills. The online course lessons cover multiple medical subjects and each lesson includes questions to engage the student. This prework allows more classroom time for hands-on skills training and leads to the student being better prepared to participate as soon as they enter the classroom.

2. What is the benefit of this method?

• Minimizes classroom portion time; in the old method learners spent alot of time in class watching videos, now that can be done from the convenience of somones home.
• Allows for self paced learning; now learners can pause, resume, or repeat videos as many times as needed to take notes and understand the concepts presented, which was not permissible in the old method.
• Allows instructors and learners to spend more time focusing on practicing skills and team dynamics. 

3. How do I access the online componenet? upon registering for the class you will receive a confimration email with a link and detailed instructions about completing the online precourse work. The online course is not included in the rgistration fee above.

4. How long is the hands on skills session? the in person hands on skills session is roughly about 1 hour depending on learners experience and the number of learners in class.

5. Who should take the Online course? While anyone can take the online course we always reccomend first timers or greatly expired students take the class in-person.  The in-person class provides a much more in depth learning experience.

6. How different is this from the 1 or 2 day renewal or Initial classroom course? This will lead to the same certificate (AHA PALS); as the old 2 days course for initial, it is just delievered in a bledned format.  Online and then a Skills Check.  However, we always recommend the in-person class for its added instruction.

7. Can I take BLS or ACLS same day? Yes you can add BLS or ACLS or both to your registration and the hands on skills sessions for all can be done the same day.

 9. Is the book provided?  The online class includes an Ebook version of the PALS manual saving you 45 dollars or so.

10. How do I get the book? The ebook is included when you register and you can download it once you start the class.