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Pediatric Trauma Lectures This workshop is designed to lead participants in a
comprehensive airway immersion experience. The workshop will be led by
expert instructors and will focus on critical knowledge enhancement,
decision making and technical skills. Participants will receive special
instruction in the pediatric airway, the trauma airway, difficult airway
situations, and rescue/salvage airway techniques. Airway management is
the most important skill in
The curriculum is geared towards the advanced
provider yet the workshop is open to Covered Skills & Techniques Include: · Combitube · LMA · Needle Cricothyrotomy · Percutaneous Cricothyrotomy · Pediatric Airway Skills · Endotracheal tube changers · End-tidal CO2 detection · Esophageal Detector Device · Gum Elastic Bougie · Salvage BVM Ventilation
This workshop is intended to be a very general
overview of airway management. It in no way certifies, entitles, or
endorses the participant to perform any specific procedure.
Back To Basics Every five minutes, one person’s life is permanently
altered in the
§ Learn what paramedics, not books, teach about motor vehicle crashes
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Saturday night, § Spinal cord injuries: Beyond “can’t move & can’t feel”
Course length: 60 minutes
Blood Goes… Air Goes… & Death By Diagnosis After head injuries, the most common areas that are injured in a child are the chest & abdomen. Many of the common injuries in the adult population, also can occur in children, but the assessment findings & management techniques definitely are different.
§ What thoracic injuries can kill you & what can you fix in 2 minutes or less? § CT scans for everyone? § Pediatric vs. big-people management of liver & splenic injuries
Course length: 90 minutes
Bumps, Bruises, & Breaks: Pediatric Extremity Trauma Some of the most common reasons for seeking medical care in the pediatric population involve bumps, bruises, & breaks. This lecture will review the assessment & management of pediatric patients with orthopedic trauma, with special consideration given to wound care & pain management techniques. Wound care… What really works?
Course length: 45 minutes
“Dead, Dead, & Dead” A child that is burned is a gut wrenching experience, but not knowing how to best care for them is almost as horrible. Burns that are thermal, chemical, or electrical in origin will change the lives of thousands of people forever each year. Prehospital and emergency personnel can be one of the first to care for these patients and proper interventions in the first few critical hours can truly be lifesaving. Current assessment and management principles of burn care, as well as their pathophysiologic rationales will be discussed. This interactive lecture will dispel many of the myths of burn care, thus allowing for a better understanding of the real-life ways to best manage these critically ill children & adults.
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§ Myths of Morphine § Dressings: Dry vs. wet? Goop or no goop? § Thermal, electrical, chemical, tar, & non-accidental burns
Course length: 60 minutes
Dispelling the Myths As with many areas in healthcare today we are faced with continued challenges. One of our greatest challenges in the area of pediatric care is conflicting orders. Often times care plans vary from physician to physician and can definitely lead to anxiety when caring for young patients. This presentation will detail what drugs are commonly administered to children for various medical emergencies, their routes & rates of administration, mechanisms of action, and common (& not so common) side effects. Acute management of pediatric patients presenting with seizures & diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and many of the complex associated issues will also be discussed. Lastly, new information on child abuse and non-accidental injuries will have you re-evaluating certain childhood injuries. This program will cover these as well as many other fascinating and essential pediatric facts in an attempt to dispel the myths of pediatric acute care.
Course length: 8-hours, One day
Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) While only five percent of pediatric emergency department (ED) visits represent true life-threatening medical or surgical emergencies, acute illness still remains a dominant source of unnecessary pediatric deaths. In many instances, these preventable pediatric deaths are the result of delayed recognition and treatment by emergency department personnel. Proper intervention by educated emergency care professionals may have prevented such deaths and disabilities. In spite of national pediatric trauma statistics, there are a limited number of medical centers throughout the country that have specialized pediatric centers. Nurses working in today's ED's must strengthen their pediatric emergency nursing skills in order to meet the needs of this diverse population and provide quality nursing care.
Course Length: 16-hours, (2) 8-hour days
Packaging the Pediatric Patient Preparing the critical pediatric patient for transport by air or ground can be a time-consuming venture. Because children’s responses to stress differs from adult patients, there are crucial pre-transport interventions that should be undertaken. This presentation will discuss the physiologic responses to the stressors of transport, “must haves” prior to departure, & how the referring facility can assist in expediting the transfer process with a critically ill or injured child.
Course length: 60 minutes
“Pediatric
Pearls and Jeopardy Jewels”
Education will never be the same, nor your
expectations of how educational offerings are provided for healthcare
professionals. From
classrooms to computers, from projects to presentations, simply standing
behind a podium is no longer an option.
In this highly interactive game show format, you’ll come away
asking, “does CE stand for “Continuing Education or Constantly
Entertained!” Scott DeBoer
RN,
Course length: 60 minutes
Speaker: Scott DeBoer RN,
Pediatric Neuro Nightmares I: Head Trauma Every five minutes, one person’s life is permanently altered in the United States due to head trauma. As prehospital, emergency, and critical care sciences progress, along with newer medical and surgical therapies, the prognosis for those acutely injured continues to become more favorable. This lecture will review assessment & management techniques utilized with neurologically injured pediatric patients, along with disputing those “we’ve always done it this way” methods. Throughout this comprehensive lecture, attendees will refine their assessment proficiencies, while learning of the latest research.
§ “Real-life” neuro examinations tools § What do we do for head injuries that actually works? § What we still do for head injuries that doesn’t work?
Course length: 100 minutes
Pediatric Neuro Nightmares II: Spinal Cord Trauma Though rare in the pediatric population, spinal cord injuries are truly devastating and change the life of the patient & their family forever. As emergency & critical sciences continue to advance, along with newer medical, surgical, and rehabilitative therapies, the prognosis for those acutely injured continues to become more favorable. This lecture will review assessment & management techniques utilized with pediatric spinal cord injury patients.
§ “Real-life” neuro examinations tools § What do we do for spinal cord injuries that actually works? § What we still do for spinal cord injuries that doesn’t work?
Course length: 45 minutes
“Pediatric
Preparations, Practice, & Play Time”
Proper planning prevents… When one is confronted with only a “three
minute
Course length: 60 minutes
Speaker: Scott DeBoer RN,
½ day, hands-on pediatric emergency procedures skills lab: · Intraosseous line placement · Airway management · Resuscitation · Spinal immobilization
* This program is
customized to the educational needs/skill level of the group.
Course length: 4-hours,
(Can be repeated twice in one day) Maximum 16 per group
These intensive seminars have been designed to offer
the participant an intermediate to advanced level review of "real life"
assessment and management principles of pediatric patients with medical
& traumatic emergencies.
Course length: 16-hours, (2) 8-hour days
Stabilization and Resuscitation Prior To Transport Transporting the critically sick neonate or child is
a challenge to emergency personnel requiring specialist knowledge,
skills and age appropriate equipment suitable for all ages. In Sydney
regionalized tertiary
centers provide specialized care for
specific illnesses in specific age groups. Often, it is imperative to
transport a sick child or neonate to one of these
centers where specialized medical and
nursing care plus particular technical and diagnostic facilities are
provided. This three hour session explores some of the pitfalls
associated with transporting critically sick infants and children
alongside essential stabilization measures
to avoid disastrous consequences. Case scenarios will be examined and
critiqued to enhance learning outcomes.
Suspected Non-Accidental Trauma When caring for children, it is important to be able
to recognize when trauma is not accidental. During this presentation,
you will learn the ‘keys’ to recognition or suspicion of suspected
non-accidental trauma, injury patterns associated with suspected
non-accidental trauma, as well as the initial management and medical
legal aspects of these situations.
Taking the Ouch Out of Emergency Department Procedures Over the past decade, new medication choices and combinations have revolutionized the way analgesia and sedation is delivered. Painful procedures are often carried out on children as a therapeutic necessity. Many of these children would have already experienced painful injuries enhanced by anxiety and fear. Inadequately relieved pain produces psychological and physiological reactions, which may carry long term consequences of a disturbing experience. By effective utilization of current pharmacological agents eradication of a child's pain, amnesia, and effective sedation lead the path to an ouchless Emergency Department.
Advantages of effective analgesia and sedation
include facilitation of procedures such as laceration repair, lumbar
puncture, and burns dressings. Children undergoing investigations such
as C.T. scanning may require sedation anxiolysis
only as this procedure is uncomfortable but painless.
Course length: 2-hours
Tales from the Edge: Pediatric & Neonatal Case Studies We all have to admit that we love to hear incredible stories, see amazing pictures, & learn from other’s experiences. While pediatric cases tend to tug at the heart strings, they also are filled with laughter, fun, & unsurpassed learning opportunities. This interactive presentation will discuss unusual pediatric & neonatal transport cases.
Course length: 60 minutes
Tattoos, Tongues, & Trauma It’s happening more & more… Though body modification has been practiced for thousands of years, seemingly only recently has it become an “epidemic,” especially among teens & young adults. This presentation will review “what we really want to know” regarding body modification & implications for emergency care. Through real-life case studies, answers to questions involving airway management, defibrillation, obstetrics, & thrombolytics will be addressed.
Course length: 60 minutes
Tiny Tots Trauma Training Injury is one of the most significant health problems
affecting children in the western world and is the leading cause of
death for all children over one year of age. The survival of children
who sustain major trauma or life threatening trauma depends on the
resuscitation in the emergency department and access to emergency
surgery.
§ Early assessment, resuscitation and management of the injured child § Specific characteristics in managing the pediatric airway § Practical skills in airway and vascular access § Specifics of pediatric burns management § An understanding of infant trauma § The role of the Trauma team in relation to communication, situational awareness and human performance factors. § The use of ultrasound in children
Pediatric trauma is a disease entity that challenges our capacity for teamwork. This will be explored further in scenario based sessions.
“To Tube or not to Tube...” Imagine for just a moment that you are three years old, intubated, paralyzed with Pavulon, and wide awake. You are able to feel everything, hear everything, but just not able to do anything about your situation. You try to cry, but not a sound is heard. The only clue that you are awake and hurting is the tear in your eye and your increasing tachycardia. Children, just like adults DO FEEL PAIN! Recent studies have demonstrated that neuromuscular blockers, and especially concurrent sedatives, continue to be used incorrectly, resulting in the horrific state of chemically induced, under sedated, paralysis. Rapid sequence intubation, which was once confined to the O.R. environments, is becoming a frequently utilized adjunct to airway management in prehospital, emergency, and critical care medicine, and consequently an understanding of the commonly administered medications is essential. Lastly, though emergency and critical care nurses are not typically responsible for actually performing intubations, the techniques and criteria for the different intubation options, such as LMA’s, oral/nasal intubation, & needle/surgical cricothyroidotomy will be reviewed through case studies.
§ “Not tubed” non-invasive oxygen delivery methods § Placing & keeping the tube in the “good spot” § “Better living through chemistry”: Which drug, when, & why?
Course length: 60 minutes
Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) The magnitude of trauma as a national and international problem is documented by data that identifies injury as being the primary cause of death in persons under age 45. The optimal care of the trauma patient is best accomplished within a framework in which all members of the trauma team use a systematic, standardized approach to the care of the injured patient. Emergency nurses are essential members of the trauma team. Morbidity and mortality of trauma patients can be significantly reduced by educating nurses to provide competent trauma care. This course through its lectures & interactive skill stations has become a standard certification for many emergency/critical care nurses across the world.
Course Length: 16-hours, (2) 8-hour days
Treating Tiny Trauma: Pediatric Trauma Update This all day seminar combines the most current research available with “real-life” applications for a review of pediatric advanced airway management, head & spinal cord trauma, chest & abdominal trauma, burns, extremity trauma, and pain management. For more information or a course outline, please call 1-888-280-7337 or e-mail us at education@peds-r-us.com.
Course length: 8-hours, One day
“Unbelievable But True Case Studies” Medical personnel sometimes do not realize the impact
that they have on patients and their families. In this current age of
restructuring, floating, and downsizing, the patient’s outcome can be
closed with the chart, and our contributions quickly forgotten. Through
a review of unbelievable case studies, this lecture will help remind
attendees about why they really went into
Two-year old vs. Doberman & who “saved their
daughter”
Course length: 60 minutes
The Use Of Simulator Technology In Pediatrics Coming Soon.
Course Length: 60 minutes
"When In Doubt... Knock 'em Out" “Kids don’t feel pain… It will hurt more to give them something for pain, so let’s just get it done… they won’t remember it anyway…” Children, just like adults, do feel pain, anxiety, and fear. The utilization of appropriate “conscious”/procedural sedation measures is crucial for safe and humane patient care. This session will review current sedation and pain management techniques, as well as rationales for discarding many of the "way we've always done it" techniques. § Conscious sedation: They are deeper than you think § Crucial preparations for sedation § Local pain management: Start at triage § Alternative routes of medication administration: Nasal, oral, rectal, etc § Analgesics vs. sedatives vs. both
Course Length: 75 minutes
When the Injury is Intentional – Child Abuse & Non-Accidental Trauma Caring for the child who is the victim of
non-accidental trauma (
“The This lecture series combines two of our most popular courses, burns & near-drowning, to illustrate “ the worst ways to die!”
Course Length: 120 minutes (with 15 minute break
between courses) |
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