This is an intensive one day course designed for Emergency Medicine physicians who would like more experience managing pediatric emergency scenarios. We will provide hands on training in critical pediatric emergency skills. This will include pediatric specific airway management techniques and resuscitation procedures. Additionally, attendees will participate in sessions that focus on pediatric trauma, pediatric sedation, and neonatal and pediatric respiratory emergencies. 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

Emergency Physicians

Program Fees:

Physicians: $350.00

Learning Objectives

Discuss priorities of care for the pediatric patient
List unique features of the pediatric airway
Use appropriate airway adjuncts to secure a pediatric airway
Review medications used in pediatric sedation
Describe the management of neonatal emergencies
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 advanced life support in pediatric patients
Manage complex children in the Emergency Department
Develop an approach to common and unusual pediatric illnesses encountered in the Emergency Department

Contact information: If you have any questions about this course, please contact Nemours Children’s Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) at (302)651-6719 or NICE@nemours.org

Additional Information

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Course summary

Available credit:

7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
The Nemours Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Nemours Foundation designates this activity for a maximum of 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
7.00 Continuing Education
This activity is designated for 7.00 continuing education credits.

Course opens:

02/23/2024

Course expires:

12/31/2024

Event starts:

04/25/2024 - 7:45am EDT

Event ends:

04/25/2024 - 4:00pm EDT

Cost:

$350.00

Add to calendar:

7:45 am - Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am - Welcome and Course Overview

8:10 am - Pediatric Trauma Jeopardy

8:50 am - Introduction to Skills

9:00 am - Pediatric Skills Stations

10:30 am - BREAK

10:45 am - Pediatric Skills Stations

12:15 pm - LUNCH

12:45 pm - Overview of Simulation Sessions

1:00 pm - Pediatric Simulation Sessions

2:00 pm - BREAK

2:15 pm - Pediatric Simulations Sessions

3:45 pm - Wrap-up and Questions

4:00 pm - Adjourn

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware

1600 Rockland Rd

Wilmington, DE

United States

This course will be held in the 3^rd floor lecture hall, classrooms, and simulation center of Nemours Children’s Hospital

Course Director(s)