AHA PALS3.2.0 - App Store

We continue to iterate based on real-time clinician feedback so that you will have the best experience providing life-saving care at the bedside.

The AHA PALS app was developed by Harvard-trained physicians, in collaboration with the American Heart Association (AHA), to help fellow physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and emergency medical technicians (EMT) deliver the highest level of pediatric advanced life support (PALS) at the point-of-care. This project was inspired by the tremendous success of our AHA ACLS app, which has thousands of clinician users in over 180 countries. Importantly, real-time feedback from our clinician users continuously drives improvements in app design, features, and function.

AHA PALS is the only app to have all content vetted by both the American Heart Association (AHA) science team (with license to use PALS content) and practicing Harvard-affiliated physicians.

We owe it to our patients to use the best digital health tools to give them the highest chance of surviving acute life-threatening illnesses. To this end, we have developed an intuitive and rigorously vetted mobile app to assist healthcare clinicians-at any stage of training-navigate PALS at the bedside.

You can purchase a yearly subscription which begins with a 3-day free trial. After completing the free trial, you will be charged for an annual subscription automatically.

Features:
- Intuitive design to rapidly access PALS pathways (i.e. cardiac arrest , tachycardia with pulse, bradycardia with pulse, post cardiac arrest care, and critical care references)
- Includes all PALS content including drug therapy and dosing, reversible causes, etc.
- Easy-to-read timers and ability to log rounds of CPR, epinephrine, and defibrillations. There are additional functionalities to log PALS Cardiac Arrest interventions beyond EPI, CPR , and shocks such as lidocaine and more.
- We also added a new metronome feature to improve compression accuracy as well as a ROSC button.
- Button within cardiac arrest algorithm that allows for rapid transition to post cardiac arrest care checklist once patient achieves ROSC
- Relevant critical care references: (1) drugs used in PALS (i.e., medication names, indications, and doses); (2) vital signs in children; (3) pediatric color-coded length-based resuscitation tape (adapted from Breslow tape) ; (4) pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale
- All content rigorously vetted by AHA science team and practicing Harvard-affiliated physicians
- Regularly updated with the most up-to-date PALS content

Version History 1. New haptic feature to prompt actions during Cardiac Arrest
2. Settings option to turn off/on haptic feature, as well as choosing reminder for Epi dose timing (3 vs 4 vs. 5 min)
3. New Pause and Resume CPR buttons to enable better calculation of chest compression fraction (CCF)
4. In Logs, calculated CCF now appears at the bottom after “Total CPR time" and “Total Pause time" 3.2.0 Sep 16 Minor performance improvements. 3.1.0 May 7 - 2025 AHA PALS algorithms and content fully integrated
- “Notes” section in the Cardiac Arrest Code Runner to record important non-PHI info
- Downloadable events log for quick review and documentation
- Intubation logging to track advanced airway placement and timing
- Auto-start CPR timer triggered by the Cardiac Arrest “Start” button
- Newly released "2025 Drugs Used in PALS" content
- Improvements in offline access 3.0.0 Mar 3 Bug fixes and performance improvements. 2.1.0 12/16/2025 -Newly released 2025 AHA PALS algorithms and content
-"Notes" section in Cardiac Arrest to annotate any key non-PHI info
-Functionality to download log of cardiac arrest events (non-PHI)
-Intubation logging feature within “+” sign of Cardiac Arrest
-Auto-start CPR timer with Cardiac Arrest “start” button
-Removal of “Vital Signs in Children” and “GCS” content
-Newly released 2025 Drugs Used in PALS content 2.0.0 10/22/2025 Maintenance upgrades and bug fixes. 1.7.0 08/12/2025 Minor updates in preparation for 2025 AHA content updates coming in September. 1.6.0 06/29/2025 1. Minor content updates
2. Dependency updates in preparation for 2025 AHA content updates 1.5.0 01/16/2025 1. Official endorsement by and co-branding with the American Heart Association (AHA)
2. Transition to low-cost annual subscription model to support ongoing maintenance costs, as well as enable future enhancements
3. Exciting design updates and ongoing feature upgrades in partnership with the AHA
4. There are additional functionalities to log PALS Cardiac Arrest interventions beyond EPI, CPR, and shocks such as lidocaine and more
5. We added a new metronome feature to improve compression accuracy
6. New functionality to indicate when ROSC is obtained
7. Bug fixes and improvements 1.4.1 07/15/2024 1. Official endorsement by and co-branding with the American Heart Association (AHA)
2. Transition to low-cost annual subscription model to support ongoing maintenance costs, as well as enable future enhancements
3. Exciting design updates and ongoing feature upgrades in partnership with the AHA
4. There are additional functionalities to log PALS Cardiac Arrest interventions beyond EPI, CPR, and shocks such as lidocaine and more
5. We added a new metronome feature to improve compression accuracy
6. New functionality to indicate when ROSC is obtained 1.4.0 06/17/2024 Updates to Drugs Used in PALS. 1.3.0 10/27/2023 Log of code events in Cardiac Arrest 1.2.0 01/09/2022 Updated timer functionality 1.1.0 12/08/2021 1.0.0 10/22/2021