Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition, and Stabilization (PEARS®) Instructor Package. This all-inclusive training package comes with all the tools needed for PALS and PEARS Instructors to teach the PEARS course. This package includes the PEARS Instructor Manual (includes Instructor CD, PEARS case scenarios, and page-divider tabs), the PEARS Provider Manual (includes PEARS Pocket Reference Card), the Instructor DVD, and the PEARS Poster Set (set of 9 posters, folded).
The goal of the PEARS course is to improve outcomes for pediatric patients. The course achieves this by training healthcare providers in assessment, early recognition, prompt communication, and initial intervention in the event of respiratory emergencies, shock, and cardiopulmonary arrest using high-performance team dynamics.
During the course, case-based instruction will be used to teach students to provide appropriate lifesaving interventions within the initial minutes of response until the child is transferred to an advanced life support provider.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- perform BLS consistent with the 2015 AHA guidelines for CPR and ECC
- evaluate a seriously ill or injured child by using the pediatric systematic approach
- apply effective team dynamics
- demonstrate initial stabilization of a seriously ill or injured child, including a child with cardiac arrest, respiratory distress, or shock.
The PEARS course is ideal for:
- Physicians and nurses not specializing in pediatrics
- Nurse practitioners
- Physician assistants
- Emergency medical technicians
- Respiratory therapists
- Prehospital and in-hospital healthcare providers (outside of critical-care areas)
- Outpatient clinic staff
- School-based providers
Students who successfully complete the PEARS course (including achieving a score of 84% or higher on the course exam) will receive a PEARS provider course completion card (print or eCard), valid for two years.
Key Features and Benefits:
An all-in-one package, this product makes ordering quick and easy, helping busy instructors save valuable time and money. The following items are included:
PEARS Instructor Manual, containing:
- 12 PEARS lesson plans
- 2 appendices
- Appendix A: Skills Testing and Competency Checklists
- Appendix B: 10 Practice Case Scenarios with Debriefing Tools
The Instructor CD, which includes:
- Precourse Materials
- Equipment List
- PEARS Course Sample Agenda
- Sample Precourse Letter -- Student
- Sample Precourse Letter -- Instructor
Course Materials
- PEARS Lesson Plans
- Child CPR and AED Skills Testing Checklist
- Infant CPR Skills Testing Checklist
- PEARS Practice Case Scenarios
- Team Dynamics Debriefing Tool
- Team Role Labels
- Pediatric Systematic Approach Algorithm
- Pediatric Systematic Approach Summary
- Pediatric Management of Respiratory Emergencies Flowchart
- Pediatric Management of Shock Flowchart
- BLS Healthcare Provider Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Algorithm for the Single Rescuer -- 2015 Update
- BLS Healthcare Provider Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Algorithm for 2 or More Rescuers -- 2015 Update
- Vital Signs in Children
- Life Is Why™ Activity Page
- PEARS DVD, containing the following course videos:
- Course Overview
- Life Is Why (optional)
Science of Pediatric Resuscitation
- Child High-Quality BLS
- Infant High-Quality BLS
- Systematic Approach
- Management of Respiratory Emergencies
- Respiratory Case Discussions
- Management of Shock Emergencies
- Shock Case Discussions
- Management of Shock Emergencies: Cardiogenic (optional)
- Team Dynamics
PEARS Provider Manual, which includes:
- Full-color manual
- 4-panel PEARS Pocket Reference Card with the following content:
- Vital Signs in Children
- Pediatric Systematic Approach Summary
- Pediatric Systematic Approach Algorithm
- Identifying Respiratory Emergencies
- Pediatric Management of Respiratory Emergencies Flowchart
- Identifying Circulatory Emergencies (Shock)
- Pediatric Management of Shock Flowchart
- BLS Healthcare Provider Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Algorithm for the Single Rescuer -- 2015 Update
- 1 sheet of tab labels
PEARS Poster Set (set of 9 posters, folded), one each of the following:
- Vital Signs in Children
- BLS Healthcare Provider Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Algorithm for the Single Rescuer
- BLS Healthcare Provider Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Algorithm for 2 or More Rescuers
- Pediatric Systematic Approach Algorithm
- Pediatric Systematic Approach Summary
- Identifying Respiratory Problems
- Pediatric Management of Respiratory Emergencies Flowchart
- Identifying Circulatory Emergencies (Shock)
- Pediatric Management of Shock Flowchart
- Printed on glossy paper (not laminated).
All items in the Instructor package are available to purchase separately.
PEARS course eligibility for continuing education credit:
- Emergency Medical Services -- This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE), for 7.25 Advanced CEHs, activity number 17-AMHA-F2-0024.
Dimensions and Specifications:
- Instructor manual: 200 pages, 8 1/2" x 11", loose-leaf, 3-hole punched
- DVD running time: 98 minutes
- Provider manual: 208 pages, 8 1/2" x 11", softcover
- Posters: 21 3/4" x 33 1/2" each (posters are shipped folded)
Additional Supplies Needed for Operation:
- To teach the PEARS course, you will need a DVD player or DVD-capable computer.
