PAEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (PALS)
Programme Overview
"The Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) course is directed at training healthcare workers to recognize life‐threatening illness or injury in children; provide effective emergency intervention; and ensure that children receive the appropriate definitive management of the condition as soon as possible. The course will be conducted in collaboration with Malaysian Pediatric association.
Who Should Attend
- Healthcare professionals involved in the management of critically ill and injured infants and children.
Doctors, nurses and paramedics working in paediatric emergency departments, intensive care units or acute care settings. - Clinical staff seeking to enhance their knowledge and practical skills in paediatric resuscitation, airway management and emergency response.
- Allied health professionals and trainees who are part of paediatric rapid response or resuscitation teams and are responsible for delivering timely and effective life-saving care for children.

Learning outcome
01
Describe the focus of the PALS course.
02
Identify the important differences in children and their impact on the management of emergencies.
03
Instructor-led hands-on session that focuses on meaningful skills practice, debriefing, team scenarios, discussions of local protocols and skills testing.
04
PALS is geared towards healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units.
Guest Speaker
Speaker 1
Dr. Abdul Muhaimin
Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UM
Speaker 2
Dr. Mohd Fauze
Lecturer, KPJ Healthcare University

