Pediatric Care After Resuscitation

PCAR Program Description

Unlike trauma programs targeted at prehospital or emergency care providers, the Pediatric Care After Resuscitation (PCAR) course was explicitly designed for bedside professionals who care for injured kids in critical care, perioperative, acute care, and rehabilitation settings.

PCAR gives inpatient staff members the essential knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to meet ACS and regulatory requirements and provide excellent care to this challenging patient population.

Trauma Trained & Trauma Ready

With PCAR online, education is available on demand, anytime, anywhere, in a self-contained, interactive format.

Start training employees immediately
Purchase “seats” then assign them to learners for up to 2 years
Reduce overall training costs, as compared to onsite courses
Take advantage of substantial bulk discounts
Eliminate classroom and contracting hassles
Accommodate employees on all shifts
Set deadlines, track progress, see test scores, and download certificates from your computer
Automatically send progress reminders to your learners

Course enrollment includes an extensive full-color downloadable pdf manual. Learners have 1-year access to all course materials. PCAR verification is current for 4 years.

For group registration and volume discounts, please contact
info@tcarprograms.org or +1.503.608.4900

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Unlike trauma education programs targeted at prehospital and emergency care providers, the Pediatric Care After Resuscitation (PCAR) course is specifically designed for acute care, critical care, perioperative, and rehab nurses.

Now, for the first time ever, you don’t need to be at a major trauma center (or in a classroom) to experience the world’s highest quality trauma nursing program. With PCAR, your staff can receive elite trauma training wherever they are, whenever they are ready to begin, with full access to the material for one year.

Course Outline

Part 1: Foundational Concepts

Module 1: The trauma care spectrum
Module 2: The biomechanics of trauma
Module 3: The body's response to injury

Part 2: Case-based Scenarios

Module 4: The patient with thoracic injury
Module 5: The patient with abdominal injury
Module 6: The patient with musculoskeletal injury
Module 7: The patient with head injury
Module 8: The patient with spine & spinal cord injury

On-Demand Course Features

Lecture Videos

Professionally recorded lectures with closed captioning, speed controls, and playback features.

Ask a Trauma Nurse

Learners can pose clinical questions to a faculty expert and receive a personalized response.

Interactive Quizzes

Time-to-Review quiz questions in each segment reinforce key concepts and enhance information retention.

Course Materials

Course registration includes an extensive, full-color electronic manual and 1-year access to online course content.

Continuing Education Requirements

To be awarded continuing education hours, learners must finish all didactic portions of the course and submit an evaluation. To attain PCAR verification status, participants must achieve a posttest score of at least 80%. PCAR verification is valid for four years.

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation for 18 continuing education contact hours. Approval valid through 08/07/2026 (enduring activity) OCEAN ID #2024-27

This continuing education activity is also approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 15483, for 18 continuing education contact hours. The planners and presenters of this course have no conflicts of interest.

Technical Specifications

Any Windows, Mac, iPad, or Android device with a screen that's at least 10" diagonal
A standard pair of headphones or earbuds is recommended
A strong WiFi connection (4-5 bar cellular will work, but might be a bit slow loading each new screen)
A quiet space with a comfortable chair so you can concentrate
A recent web browser version (e.g., Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge); Internet Explorer is NOT supported
Latest version of device's operating system (e.g., Mac OS, IOS, Android, Windows). Some older devices (over 5-years old) may not be able to display content correctly

How to Use:

This course is a very flexible and cost-effective way to provide high quality trauma continuing education on demand, whenever your learners are ready to start. There are volume discounts to organizations. To calculate your costs, simply enter the number of learners you would like to train. Then click the CALCULATE button. Try out various scenarios. Importantly, these course prices are ALL-INCLUSIVE; there are no other charges or hidden costs involved.

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Number of Learners	Price per Learner	Totals
1	$355.00
2 - 25	$340.00
26 - 50	$335.00
51 - 75	$330.00
76 - 100	$325.00
101 - 125	$320.00
126 - 150	$315.00
151+	$310.00
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1.	All prices in US dollars (USD).

This price quote is for planning purposes only and valid for the Purchase Year selected. Once you place your order, we will issue an invoice with your final order choices and applicable taxes.