2008

October 16

November 12

2009

January 8

February 5

March 5

April 8

May 7

8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Broadway Building, Suite 1630
Course # 05746
Capacity: 35

Early registration is recommended (three months in advance).
Classes in red are full.

The pediatric advanced life support provider course is designed for health-care providers who initiate and direct advanced life support through the stabilization or transport phases of a pediatric emergency, either in or out of hospital.  In this course you will enhance your skills in the evaluation and management of an infant or child with respiratory compromise, circulatory compromise or cardiac arrest.  In order to receive PALS recognition, participants must successfully complete all performance evaluation stations and score 84% or better on the written evaluation.  Candidates must be health-care providers (medical, nursing, paramedical, allied health professionals) whose daily occupations or volunteer activities demand proficiency in the knowledge and skills of PALS. Others may attend at the discretion of the course director.

The loaner texts, AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider Manual 2006, AHA PALS Course Guide 2006, and the 2005 Handbook of ECC for health-care providers may be picked up at our office. Books and study packets can be picked up approximately one month prior to class and no less than one week before class. If materials are not picked up at least one week in advance, participants will forfeit attendance to class and will need to reschedule to attend at a later date. Community participants must purchase their own books per AHA policy. Participants are responsible for reviewing materials prior to the class. Loaner texts must be returned in good condition the day of class. Participants are responsible for the cost of the text if it is not returned or returned in poor condition. Textbooks are available for purchase at the Center for Nursing Education, UC Davis Medical Center Bookstore or through the American Heart Association.

The following knowledge and skills are required for the successful completion of this course.

• BLS skills.
• Reading and interpreting basic ECG rhythm strips.
• Knowledge of basic PALS pharmacology.
• Evaluating a seriously ill or injured child using the systematic approach to pediatric assessment outlined in the PALS provider manual.

The PALS pre-test on the CD included in your textbook is also available for  download here.

Students who have not studied and prepared for this course will be rescheduled into another class to allow them adequate preparation for successful completion of the class.

Be courteous and on time. It is disruptive to other students and instructors and difficult for late students to catch up once the class starts. Students are expected to attend and participate in the entire course. You will not be allowed to attend the class if you are 20 minutes or later.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 26, for 7.75 contact hours (an additional 4.0 contact hours available for pre-study).

UC Davis Medical Center is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Please select a class date above and complete the registration form. If using a credit card, submit the registration form and phone in your credit card number to (916) 734-9790. If paying by check, please print the registration form, attach your check made payable to UC Regents dated for the date of the class, and mail to: 

Center for Nursing Education
4900 Broadway, Suite 1630
Sacramento, CA 95820

Registrations are confirmed only if deposit or fee is provided with registration form.

$140 registration fee. An additional $25 fee will be assessed if loaner texts are not returned in good condition.

*$100 registration deposit for UC Davis Health System employees for whom the training is mandatory ($50 for deposit and $50 for loaner texts). Manager approval is required. Registration deposit is returned upon completion of class and return of loaner texts in good condition.

*UC Davis Health System employees working in areas other than Patient Care Services and UC Davis School of Medicine physicians other than PGY 2, 3 and PGY 4, 5, 6 on the code team must submit the registration form with payment of the $140 course fee. Physicians who are assigned to UC Davis Medical Center’s Code Blue Team must be verified as a code team member to receive exempt free. This can be done by submitting a copy of the Code Blue schedule to the Center for Nursing Education.

$180 registration fee for community nurse, E.M.T./P or other health-care provider.

$205 registration fee for community physician.

Community participants must purchase their own books. Detailed information provided under course materials.

Cancellation must be requested two weeks prior to class date to receive a refund and will be subject a $50 service fee. If the provider cancels the course a full refund will be provided. Registration fee will be forfeited if class is cancelled and rescheduled more than twice.

Consistent with UC Davis policy, faculty are expected to disclose:

1. Any significant financial interests or other relationships with manufacturers of commercial products and/or providers of commercial services discussed in their presentations.
   
   
2. Any "off-label" uses for pharmaceutical and medical device products discussed in their presentations.

The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent speakers with significant financial or other relationships from making presentations, but rather to provide listeners with information on which they can make their own judgments. A complete faculty disclosure statement and acknowledgment of commercial support for this program will be included in the syllabus provided at the activity.

The AHA strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in CPR, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. This material is supplied on a cost basis. Its use in an instructional course does not represent sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course do not represent income to the AHA.

Individuals needing special accommodations may call the Center for Nursing Education at (916) 734-9790.

Parking is available in lot 25, approximately one block from the Broadway Building on 50th Street adjacent to the M.I.N.D. Institute. Park with a UC Davis parking permit, or purchase a daily permit for $4.

Michael Lucien, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics

Polly Butler, D.T.R.
Analyst II