AHA 2025 PALS Instructor Manual

Note: U.S. use only

Overview:

The PALS Instructor Manual is a comprehensive guide for instructors leading Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) courses, fully updated to align with the 2025 AHA Guidelines for CPR & ECC. This manual equips instructors to teach both the initial and renewal PALS Provider Course, conduct the PALS Update Course, and facilitate the HeartCode® PALS hands-on skills session. 

Designed to support classroom-based and blended-learning formats, it provides all the tools instructors need to deliver effective, evidence-based pediatric resuscitation training.

Manual Learning Objectives for Students:
After completing a PALS course using this manual, students should be able to:

• Deliver high-quality pediatric CPR in accordance with AHA BLS standards

• Recognize pediatric patients requiring immediate life-saving interventions

• Identify cardiopulmonary arrest and initiate CPR within 10 seconds

• Function effectively as a member of a resuscitation team

• Assess and manage respiratory distress and failure

• Distinguish and treat compensated versus decompensated shock

• Identify and manage stable and unstable arrhythmias

• Recognize signs of arrhythmic instability and implement appropriate interventions

• Provide comprehensive post–cardiac arrest care

Product Technical Details:

• Format: Printed Instructor Manual

• Edition: 2025 AHA Guidelines for CPR & ECC

• Associated Courses: PALS Provider, PALS Update, HeartCode® PALS hands-on session

• Intended Audience: AHA-certified PALS Instructors

• Replaces: SKU 20-1117