In the medical world, PALS stands for pediatric advanced life support.
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PALS stands for Pediatric Advanced Life Support. It is a very important skill to have if you are looking to become a doctor and are going to be seeing children.
ACLS is Advanced Cardiac Life Support. Means that you can use a defibrillator if you need to but you are also trained in CPR. PALS is Pediatric Life Support. Means that you know how to do proper life support on a child under the age of 6. I recommend for any one to take these two courses as they help the fire and medics when they arrive on seen that someone is helping them and already preforming advanced medical support.
You can start as a Basic EMT... Then an Intermediate EMT... and finally a paramedic. When they become para-gods, some can specialize in pediatric advanced life support, or cardio advanced like support. And depending on how experienced they are, can become senior paramedics, which are basically supervisors, etc. But that'a all said in the order or "rank" they go in when working on an ambulance.
Advanced Stroke Life Support
Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
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You can get your Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification in the website http://www.acls.net/ . All information that you want it's at this website.
It depends what state they are certified in and what courses are required. Most paramedics have training in PHTLS (pre hospital trauma life support), PALS (pediatric advanced life support), ACLS (advanced cardiac life support), and CPR. Most companies also require training in EVOC (emergency vehicle operation) as well as some mandated OSHA courses.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification is good for 2 years from the date of issuance. After that point, one must re-certify.
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