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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Skills Course for Emergency Physicians
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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 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Skills Course for Emergency Physicians 04-25-2024 FINAL.pdf | 727.67 KB |
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
This course will be held in the 3rd floor lecture hall, classrooms, and simulation center of Nemours Children’s Hospital
Nemours is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education to physicians. Nemours Children's designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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 EducationThis activity is designated for 7.00 continuing education credits.