San Francisco Paramedic Association - Northern California Training Facility. Phone 415-543-1161.

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This 2-day course is designed to provide healthcare professionals with the skills and knowledge necessary to recognize, prevent, and treat pediatric emergencies, such as respiratory failure, shock, drug overdoses and cardiac arrest. This course includes the trauma content necessary to satisfy NREMT requirements for Paramedic Re-registration. The course is presented through formal lecture, video-driven segments, and small group, hands-on sessions.

Course Requirements:

In order to take this course you must have all of the following in class with you:

1. A current PALS Provider Manual (this link is for the online discount book center, not the SFPA) copyright 2006 with computer CD.
2. Complete the PALS Precourse Checklist
3. Complete the PALS Pretest, located on the CD (included with manual), if your disk doesn't work call 800-242-8721.

Please Note:

If you wish to Register by Fax or are having trouble registering online please print the
PALS Class Flier with fax Registration Form (pdf format).

Same Day Registration Fee is an additional $10, in addition to the course fee. There is no guarantee of availability. The fee applies to those who register after 4:30pm one business day prior to the course.

Waitlist means the course is full, and no seats are available. If seats become vacant, the registration staff will call those who are on the waitlist. We highly recommend you sign up for a class that states "Enroll". For those who show up the day of class and are admitted, there is a $10 Same Day Registration Fee, this is in additional to the regular course fee. There is no guarantee that a seat will become available, the instructor will turn walk-ins away if all seats are full.

Frequently Asked Questions

Cancellation Policy if you cancel or do not attend the session you registered, you forfeit the entire course fee. We do not give any refunds.

Rescheduling Policy you may reschedule only once. With more than 7 days notice the rescheduling fee is $45. With 7 or less days notice the rescheduling fee is one-half the course fee. Failure to appear in class or day of class notice - will result in forfeiture of your entire course fee. There are no refunds.

Textbooks are sold separately. The link under Course Requirements will direct you to a national bookstore that sells the books for about $10-$15 less than the SFPA. Otherwise click the See Recommended and Required Text to add the book to your shopping card.

Please note: The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of this materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA, and any fees charged for such a course do not represent income to the AHA.