For my current job position in the Emergency Department, both Pediatric Advanced Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support are necessary. They obtain value because of the emergent situations that come into our facility on a day-to-day basis. Both certifications give training to nurses regarding pediatric life emergencies and medications used in those scenarios while ACLS explains adult life threatening emergencies. Both of these certifications are vital to the nursing field as whole because I believe no matter what unit you work in, having these certifications in your background can only help the staff in the long run and prepare them for life or death emergencies. Although not every field sees code blues on a daily basis, having been exposed to the medications in training and practiced proper CPR on both adults and peds can change the outcome of future events.