AHA PEARS Certification

Service Description

In this classroom-based, Instructor-led course, students learn how to use a systematic approach to quickly assess, recognize the cause, and stabilize a pediatric patient in an emergency situation. During PEARS, students interact with real patient cases, and realistic simulations and animations to assess and stabilize pediatric patients experiencing respiratory and shock emergencies, and cardiopulmonary arrest. PEARS prepares students to provide appropriate lifesaving interventions within the initial minutes of response until a child can be transferred to an advanced life support provider. Upon successful completion of the course students are issued a PEARS certification valid for two years. PEARS is available in instructor-led and blended learning formats ranging in length from 2-8 hours for the in-person session.