Primary Audience• Emergency medical responders/EMT-Bs• Intermediate EMTs • School nurses, medical/surgical nurses
Who Are PEARS Students?
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Secondary Audience• Paramedics/critical nurses (off year for PALS)• Urgent care centers
• Pediatric assessment• Assessment and management
of respiratory problems• Recognition and management
of shock• Identification and management
of cardiac arrest• Resuscitation team concept
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PEARS Course Objectives
Who Can Teach PEARS?• Any PALS Instructor• PEARS Instructors: Must have a PALS
Instructor available as a “course advisor”
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Continuing Education
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• EMS CEHs available:̶: Full course: 6.00 Basic CEHs̶: Update course: Core is 5.50 Basic CEHs;
additional CE is determined by number of optional modules taught
• For physicians and nurses: CE credit must be applied for by the Training Center