Event Information
Paediatric Advanced Life Support - 01/01/2026 - 31/12/2026
01/01/2026 to 31/12/2026
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8 Educational activity
8 Performance review
 Professionalism
 Ethical practice
 BLS
 MOPS (Anaesthetics (Emergency Response))
8 MOPS (Emergency Medicine) hours
 HLR (Anaesthesia)
 HLR (Emergency medicine)
 HLR (General practice)
 HLR (Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
 HLR (Pain medicine)
 HLR (Radiology)
Anaesthetics
Emergency Medicine
Obstetrics
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Surgery
Respond to medical emergencies
Apply a population health approach
Procedural skills (PROC)
Leader (LDR)
Communicator (COM)

Paediatric Advanced Life Support - 01/01/2026 - 31/12/2026

Medcast PALS equips clinicians to confidently manage paediatric clinical emergencies. This two day face to face course provides evidence-based pre course eLearning followed by an immersive two day course, delivering full certification.

The course follows ANZCOR and ILCOR guidelines and is taught by experienced clinical educators. Certification requires a theory exam, demonstration of BLS, and participation in team-based simulations.

You’ll rotate through roles including team leader, defibrillation, drug administration, and scribe, applying both technical and non-technical skills with real-world scenarios tailored to your experience.

Contact hours:
14.00
Pre/Post hours:
2.00
Total hours:
16.00
 
Total hours includes:
Skills assessment hours:
7.00
 
Pre/Post activity
The pre-program learning is self-directed online learning and is designed to develop an understanding of the principles of resuscitation science, reinforce current resuscitation guidelines (BLS and PALS), update new recommendations and evidence.
Learning objectives

1. Describe how to recognise the seriously ill child.

2. Demonstrate a structured approach to the assessment of the seriously ill child.

3. Implement a structured approach to resuscitation and treatment of a child experiencing clinical deterioration and cardiorespiratory arrest.

4. Demonstrate how to assess anunresponsive childor infant and perform basic life support.

5. Demonstrate how to assess anunresponsive childor infant and perform basic life support.

6. Demonstrate advanced airway management for an infant or child based on age.

7. Determine,prepareand administer theappropriate resuscitationmedication dosages.

8. Describe equipment and procedure for intraosseous cannulation.

9. Implement safe use of a manual defibrillator duringsimulation-basedscenarios.

10. Demonstrate resuscitation team leader skills during a simulated scenario.

11. Outline post resuscitation care following an ABCDE approach.


Assessment information
  • Knowledge is reinforced throughout the eLearning modules  

  • Formal knowledge assessment via a 40-question multiple-choice examination  

  • Minimum pass mark: 80%  

  • MCQ assessment aligns directly with content delivered in the eLearning modules  

  All practical assessments are conducted through case-based simulation (Reviewing Performance). 

Provider Information
MedCast Pty Ltd
Ms Deb Evans
61 02 81885830
accreditation@medcast.com.au
Level 5, 1 Alfred Street
SYDNEY
NSW, 2000
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