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Jul 27, 2024
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2022-2023 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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EMT 259 - Pediatric Education for Pre-Hospital Professionals Refresher 0.75 Credits, 1 Contact Hours .5 lecture periods .5 lab periods
Overview of the foundations of skills and principles in dealing with pediatric patients in a pre-hospital setting. Includes information on the integration of the physiological, psychological, and social changes throughout human growth and development with assessment and communication strategies for patients of all ages.
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Course Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate the skills associated with medical and trauma emergencies for the newborn and pediatric patient.
- Identify the methods of patient assessment for pediatric medical emergencies.
- Identify the methods of patient assessment for pediatric trauma.
- Demonstrate management of Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN).
Performance Objectives:
- Describe the emergency medical services for children in association with common illnesses and injuries and prevention strategies.
- Explain the physiological, psychological, and social changes throughout human growth and development with assessment and communication strategies for patients of all ages.
- Synthesize and explain the steps for pre-arrival preparation of a pediatric emergency, the scene size-up, and the assessment flow integrating the patient assessment triangle (PAT).
- Apply the pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the pediatric patient with airway complications and respiratory difficulties.
- State and apply the pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the pediatric patient with a cardiovascular emergency.
- Cite and apply the pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the pediatric patient with common medical emergencies.
- Describe and apply the pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the pediatric patient experiencing a toxic exposure.
- Explain and apply the pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for common trauma emergencies involving the pediatric patient.
- Identify and apply the pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the neonate.
- Synthesize and apply the pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for children with special healthcare needs.
- Apply the pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
- Describe and apply the pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for child maltreatment.
- Explain the Medical-legal considerations in the care for pediatric patients.
- Demonstrate the ability to integrate roles and responsibilities by formulating a field impression and implementing simulated patient care following guidelines, protocols, and standing orders.
Outline:
- Introduction
- Emergency Medical Services for Children
- Injury and illness prevention
- The pre-hospital professional’s role in prevention
- Children in disasters
- Human Growth and Development
- Responses to illness
- Growth and developmental characteristics and age-specific assessment considerations.
- Pediatric Assessment
- Assessment flow chart
- Pre-arrival preparation
- Scene size-up
- Initial assessment (PAT)
- Additional assessment
- Airway Management and Respiratory Emergencies
- Respiratory distress and failure
- Evaluating the presenting complaint
- General noninvasive treatment
- Specific treatment
- Management of respiratory failure
- The transport decision
- Additional assessment
- Cardiovascular Emergencies
- Shock
- Hypovolemic shock
- Cardiovascular assessment
- Distributive shock
- Cardiogenic shock
- Classifications of shock
- Dysrhythmias
- Cardiopulmonary arrest
- Medical Emergencies
- Seizures
- Altered levels of consciousness
- Hyperglycemia
- Toxic Exposures
- Age-related differences
- Pre-arrival preparation and scene size-up
- Assessment flow
- Toxicological management
- Role of poison control centers
- Pediatric Trauma
- Fatal injury mechanisms
- Unique anatomical features
- Mechanisms of injury
- Assessment flow
- Special airway considerations
- Transport decisions
- Immobilization and splints
- Child safety restraints
- Burns
- Multi-casualty incidents
- Emergency Delivery and Neonatal Management
- Triage of the patient in labor
- Preparation for delivery
- Vaginal delivery
- Immediate care of the neonate
- Depressed neonatal resuscitation
- Stabilization for transport
- Children with special healthcare needs
- Assessment considerations
- Transport considerations
- Technology assisted children
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Death of a Child
- Defining SIDS
- Common clinical presentation
- Epidemiology and risk factors
- Actions in suspected SIDS
- Information collection
- Potential responses to child and infant death
- Child Maltreatment
- Background
- Defining child maltreatment
- Child protective services
- Duties of the pre-hospital professional
- Communication with the child and caregiver
- Medical-legal considerations
- Medical-Legal Considerations
- Rationale for protocols, policies, and procedures
- Treatment protocols
- Pediatric focus on policies and procedures
- Procedures
- Communications
- Airway management, ventilation, and oxygen therapy (advanced and basic skills)
- Vascular access, fluid resuscitation, and medication administration
- Cardiopulmonary management and resuscitation (advanced and basic skills)
- Immobilization and splints
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