Pediatric Skills Course for Delaware EMS Providers 2/22/24

Wilmington, DE US
February 22, 2024

This is an intensive one-day course designed for DELAWARE 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

Delaware 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 
  • Discuss pediatric specific physiologic and developmental milestones
  • 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

Additional Information

Course summary
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 #

Course opens: 
11/17/2023
Course expires: 
02/15/2024
Event starts: 
02/22/2024 - 7:45am EST
Event ends: 
02/22/2024 - 4:00pm EST
Cost:
$0.00

Agenda

7:45 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. Welcome and Course Overview

8:10 a.m. Is This Kid Sick? A Case Based Pediatric Assessment Review

8:50 a.m. Introduction to Skills

9:00 a.m. Pediatric Skills Stations

10:30 a.m. BREAK

10:45 a.m. Pediatric Skills Stations

12:15 p.m. LUNCH

12:45 p.m. Overview of Simulation Sessions

1:00 p.m. Simulation Sessions

2:00 p.m. BREAK

2:15 p.m. Simulation Sessions

3:45 p.m. Wrap-up and Questions

4:00 p.m. Adjourn

Nemours Children's Health Delaware Valley
1600 Rockland Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19803
United States

This program will be held in the third floor Lecture Hall and the Nemours Children's Institute for Clinical Excellence Simulation Center at Nemours Children's Hospital, located at 1600 Rockland Rd. in Wilmington, Delaware.

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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 #

 
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This course is for Delaware ALS and BLS providers ONLY. All participants MUST register for the course.

Please register for only one date. The exact same course will be offered during each date.