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ForwardALS Providers October 22, 2026
This is an intensive one-day course designed for EMS providers who would like more experience in managing pediatric scenarios. We will provide hands on training in critical pediatric assessment and procedure skills. This will include pediatric specific airway management techniques, vascular access, immobilization, and resuscitation procedures. Using high fidelity simulation, this course will also focus on the crisis resource management skills needed to successfully manage a critically ill pediatric patient.
Target Audience
EMS providers
Learning Objectives
· Discuss the initial and ongoing assessment of the pediatric patient including system specific interventions
· Determine priorities of care for the pediatric patient
· Identify indicators of child sexual abuse
· List unique features of the pediatric airway
· Use appropriate adjuncts to secure a pediatric airway
· Describe techniques to obtain vascular access in neonatal and pediatric patients
· Identify indicators of illness and injury in the pediatric patient
· Use appropriate medications in pediatric resuscitation
· Discuss the newest recommendations for pediatric basic and advanced life support
· Develop an approach to common and unusual pediatric illnesses encountered during transport
· Work effectively as a member and a leader of a healthcare team
Course summary
- 7.00 Delaware EMS BLS/ALS
The Delaware Office of Emergency Medical Services has approved this course for 7.00 BLS credits and 7.00 ALS credits.
Approval #
Agenda
7:45 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Welcome and Course Overview
8:10 a.m. Child Sexual Abuse: The Unspoken Truths
8:50 a.m. Introduction to Skills
9:00 a.m. Pediatric Skills Stations
10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:15 a.m. Pediatric Skills Stations
12:15 p.m. LUNCH
12:45 p.m. Overview of Simulation Sessions
1:00 p.m. Simulation Sessions
2:10 p.m. BREAK
2:25 p.m. Simulation Sessions
3:35 p.m. Wrap-up and Questions
4:00 p.m. Adjourn
This course will be held in the Nemours Institute for Clinical Excellence Simulation Center, Nemours Children’s Hospital
To view the full bio of faculty, please click on their name.
This activity has been submitted to the Pennsylvania Office of EMS for approval to award 7.0 continuing education hours.
Available Credit
- 7.00 Delaware EMS BLS/ALS
The Delaware Office of Emergency Medical Services has approved this course for 7.00 BLS credits and 7.00 ALS credits.
Approval #