Life Support Education
Wake Forest Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
PEARS Course
AGENDA – 2015
Date ______

8:00 am – 8:15 am Participant Sign-In – Welcome

8:15 am – 8:40 am Lessons 1, 2, 3, & 4 (Course Overview/Science/PEARS Systematic Approach/Initial

Assessment and Response/Rescue Breathing)

8:40 am – 9:00 am Lessons 5 & 8 (Equipment for Management of Respiratory and

Circulatory Emergencies)

9:00 am – 9:50 am Respiratory & Circulatory skills Review

Instructor / Respiratory and Circulatory
Skills Review / 9:00 am
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9:25 am / 9:25 am
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9:50 am
Respiratory Skills
Circulatory Skills
9:50 am – 10:05 am / BREAK

10:05 am - 10:20 am - Lesson 6 (Airway & Breathing Primary Assessment & Identification of

Respiratory Problems)

10:20 am – 10:35 am Lesson 7 (Respiratory Cases 1 – 4 Video Presentation)

10:35 am - 11:05 am Case Discussions – Respiratory Management

Instructor / Respiratory Case Discussion / 10:35 am
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10:50 am / 10:50 am
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11:05 am
Case 1 – Upper Airway Obstruction
Case 2 – Lower Airway Obstruction
Case 3 – Disordered Control of Breathing
Case 4 – Lung Tissue Disease

11:05 am – 11:15 am Lesson 9 (Circulation, Disability, and Exposure: Primary Identification of shock)

11:15 am – 11:25 am Lessons 10 (Shock Cases 1-2 Video)

11:25 am – 11:55 am Circulation Case Discussion

Instructor / Circulation
Case Discussion / 11:25 am
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11:40 am / 11:40 am
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11:55 am
Distributive Shock (Case 2)
Hypovolemic Shock (Case 1)
11:55 am – 12:55 pm / LUNCH (on your own)

12:55 pm – 1:10 pm Lesson 12 (Effective Team Dynamics)

1:10 pm – 1:25 pm Lesson 13 (Putting It All Together Cases 1-6)

1:25 pm – 1:55 pm Case Discussions - Effective Team Dynamics/Putting It All Together

Instructor / Team Dynamics &
Putting It All Together
Case Discussions / 1:25 pm
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1:40 pm / 1:40 pm
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1:55 pm
Team Dynamics &
Putting It All Together
Cases 2, 3, & 4
Team Dynamics &
Putting It All Together
Cases 1, 5 & 6
1:55 pm – 2:10 pm / BREAK

2:10 pm – 3:25 pm Cardiac Arrest Cases and BLS Competency Testing (Lesson 11)

Instructor / Cardiac Arrest Cases
Effective Team Dynamics
Cardiac Arrest (Cases 1 - 6) - AED
Effective Team Dynamics
Cardiac Arrest (Cases 1 - 6) - AED
Effective Team Dynamics
Cardiac Arrest (Cases 1 – 6) - AED
Effective Team Dynamics
Cardiac Arrest (Cases 1 - 6) - AED

3:25 pm – 4:30 pm Video Presentation Written Exam

4:30 pm – 4:45 pm Evaluations and Issuance of Cards