Professional Training
Questions? Email maxishare@childrenswi.org.
HeartCode™ PALS Course
A self-paced, scenario-based online course (6–10 hours of pre-work on your own computer) and a three-hour skills check-off for PALS certification for health care providers who provide care to critically ill or unstable children. This course includes Healthcare Provider BLS CPR certification.
The non-refundable course fee is $175.
Please contact lifesupport@childrenswi.org if you are being certified for the first time, as you will want a PALS Pocket Reference card for help with pre-work.
Classes are held at Children’s Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI.
The S.T.A.B.L.E. Program Provider Course (Fox Valley and Milwaukee)
The S.T.A.B.L.E. program is an educational program that focuses exclusively on the post-resuscitation/pre-transport stabilization care of prematurely born or sick infants. Based on a mnemonic to optimize learning, retention, and recall of information, S.T.A.B.L.E. stands for the six assessment and care modules in the program: Sugar and Safe Care, Temperature, Airway, Blood Pressure, Lab Work, and Emotional Support.
Who should take S.T.A.B.L.E.?
Stabilization is a team effort! Therefore, any health caregiver involved with post-resuscitation and/or pre-transport care of sick newborns would benefit from the S.T.A.B.L.E. Program Learner/Provider course, including:
- Physicians: Pediatric, ER, family practice, and obstetric physicians including residents.
- Nurses: RNs working in L&D, postpartum, nursery, emergency departments, Nurse midwives, Licensed practical nurses, and Nursing assistants.
- Others: Respiratory therapists, Pre-hospital providers, and Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics.
Children’s Wisconsin is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity was jointly planned with S.T.A.B.L.E. Nurses who successfully complete this activity will receive 7.0 nursing contact hours.
To receive nursing contact hour credit, the participant must attend the entire activity and complete an evaluation of the course. No one in control of content has any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.*
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing products used by or on patients.
Contact Jennifer Dahlman (920) 969-7904 to learn more about the Fox Valley S.T.A.B.L.E. program.
Contact Amber Fortmann at (414) 266-2839 to learn more about the Milwaukee S.T.A.B.L.E. program.
The fee for this class is $125.
Pediatric Vent Certification and Recertification
Pediatric Vent Certification
Please note new fees, schedule, and location beginning January 28, 2025.
- Part 1: Completion of self-paced, online modules (3 to 6 hours)
- Certificate of completion must be submitted to maxiSHARE by the Tuesday before the classroom portion.
- There is no cost to take the online portion of the class. You may start at any time. Registration is required. To get started, visit: https://ce.icep.wisc.edu/ehomecare-2023-2026#group-tabs-node-course-default4
- Part 2: In person classroom, skills check off
- This portion is on the Milwaukee Regional Medical Campus (Curative Building, Children’s Wisconsin).
Registration fee: $300. Classes fill up quickly, so register early.
Note: If you miss the deadline for submitting your certificate of completion for the online portion of the class, you will not be permitted to attend the classroom portion of the course. (See cancellation policy for fees.) You may transfer to a later class if there is an opening. Rescheduling fees apply.
Pediatric Vent RECERTIFICATION
This recertification course (required every 2 years) allows registrants to meet minimum skills and knowledge requirements to obtain recertification to provide respiratory care services.
As a prerequisite, registrants must have a current (unexpired) CERTIFICATION and meet the requirements for Respiratory Care Services as defined by the State of Wisconsin.
Pre-registration is required.
Registration fee is $150. Class sizes are limited and fill up quickly, so register early.
Classes are held at on the Milwaukee Regional Medical Campus (Curative Building, Children’s Wisconsin).
Pediatric Tracheostomy Certification
There are limited slots for trach-only registrants. Registration fee is $150.