Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition and Stabilization

The goal of the PEARS Course is to help the basic pediatric healthcare provider develop the knowledge and skills for emergency assessment and treatment of seriously ill infants and children.

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1 Day Provider Course

Dates:
January 6
May 26
October 13

Time:
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

All classes are located at SJRMC Conference Rooms A,B,C.

Intended Audience:
The AHA developed the PEARS Provider Course for healthcare providers who might encounter pediatric patients in their profession but who do not routinely provide care for children with high acuity illness or injury. This course is NOT intended for:

  • those who require credentialing in advanced pediatric skills
  • those who are routinely involved in resuscitation

A PEARS Provider may include:

  • medical and surgical nurses
  • EMT-basics, EMT-intermediates
  • healthcare providers who care for children outside the critical care areas

Objective:

Recognize respiratory distress and failure, shock, and cardiac arrest and provide appropriate lifesaving actions within the initial minutes of response until the child is transferred to an advanced life support provider.

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Registration & Payment:
Due four weeks prior to class. Upon receipt of payment and registration forms, your provider manual and training CD will be mailed to you.

Renewals Only:
A copy of your current ACLS or PALS card must be submitted with payment and registration form.

Cancellation/Refund Policy:
*To receive a refund, notice of cancellation must be received two weeks prior to the class. No refunds after this time or for no-shows. Substitutions are permitted.
*Refunds: Less $50 for book and administration fees.

Statement of Philosophy
St. Joseph Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) is a non-profit Catholic hospital. The Medical Center’s primary purpose is to continue Christ’s mission of mercy by meeting the healthcare needs of individuals and the community. The healthcare philosophy of SJRMC is based on the Catholic belief that:

  • Each person has uniqueness and dignity in the spiritual, psychological, social and physical aspects of his/her nature.
  • The right to human life is sacred in its conception, birth, growth, maturity, and transformation through natural death to eternal life.
  • Proper and competent means shall be taken to prevent and cure illness and alleviate suffering in the whole person with out regard to race, creed, national origin, economic status or ability to pay.

Statement of Mission
St. Joseph Regional Medical Center seeks to enhance the quality of life of the citizens of its service area through the promotion of health, prevention of disease and injury, and the provision of health services. SJRMC witnesses to the saving presence and mercy of the Risen Christ by:

  • Providing quality restorative, preventive, and acute health care services
  • Respecting human dignity in the experience of sickness and death, and
  • Fostering the physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being of people