American Heart Association | Winter Park Fire-Rescue Department https://wpfd.org Winter Park, Florida Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:08:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wpfd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-wpfd-icon-32x32.png American Heart Association | Winter Park Fire-Rescue Department https://wpfd.org 32 32 PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support https://wpfd.org/product/pals-pediatric-advanced-life-support/ Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:49:12 +0000 https://wpfd.org/?post_type=product&p=1875 The PALS Provider Course aims to improve outcomes for pediatric patients by preparing healthcare providers to effectively recognize and intervene in patients with respiratory emergencies, shock, and cardiopulmonary arrest by using high‐performance team dynamics and high‐quality individual skills. The course includes a series of case scenario practices with simulations that reinforce important concepts.

The post PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support first appeared on Winter Park Fire-Rescue Department.]]> The PALS Provider Course aims to improve outcomes for pediatric patients by preparing healthcare providers to effectively recognize and intervene in patients with respiratory emergencies, shock, and cardiopulmonary arrest by using high‐performance team dynamics and high‐quality individual skills. The course includes a series of case scenario practices with simulations that reinforce important concepts.

Is AHA PALS the right course for me?

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. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.

  • Includes realistic, clinical scenarios that encourage active participation – delivered through actual pediatric patient videos and lifelike simulations
  • Comprehensive and includes our systematic approach to assess and treat pediatric patients in emergency situations
  • Hands-on class format to reinforce skills proficiency
  • Co-branded with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

*Refunds will not be given but you can move to a class at a later date if needed. Take home books are not included in the price of this class.

This class is held at Winter Park Fire-Rescue Department Headquarters located at 343 W. Canton Ave. Winter Park, FL 32789.

The post PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support first appeared on Winter Park Fire-Rescue Department.]]> CPR https://wpfd.org/product/cpr/ Fri, 08 May 2020 00:34:08 +0000 https://wpfd.org/?post_type=product&p=430

Join the Winter Park Fire-Rescue Department to learn CPR. Students will earn their American Heart Association CPR certification through this course. Participants will learn adult, child, and infant CPR. This class is perfect for parents, care providers, and older siblings.

The post CPR first appeared on Winter Park Fire-Rescue Department.]]>

The AHA’s BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).

Who should take this course?

The AHA’s BLS Course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings.

What does this course teach?

  • High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
  • The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components
  • Important early use of an AED
  • Effective ventilations using a barrier device
  • Importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
  • Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

Age requirement: 13 years old

*Refunds will not be given but you can move to a class at a later date if needed. Take home books are not included in the price of this class.

*The American Heart Association (AHA) strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.

This class is held at Winter Park Fire-Rescue Department Headquarters located at 343 W. Canton Ave. Winter Park, FL 32789.

Please arrive 15 minutes ahead of class time so we can begin promptly at the start time of class.

The post CPR first appeared on Winter Park Fire-Rescue Department.]]>