EMS 202 - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Initial Provider in Paramedicine

1. Effective team dynamics: communication and roles
2. Emergency cardiovascular care: basic life support and pediatric advanced life support
3. Respiratory assessment and management: signs and symptoms (inadequate oxygenation, inadequate ventilation, respiratory distress and respiratory failure), equipment and diagnostic technology and other evaluative resources, airway adjuncts (basic and advanced airway adjuncts and suctioning), ventilatory adjuncts, ventilatory management (upper airway obstruction, lower airway obstruction, and other etiologies)
4. Pharmacology: routes of administration and pharmacologic agents
5. Shock: etiology, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and management
6. Assessment and management of cardiovascular conditions: signs and symptoms of cardiovascular conditions (dysrhythmias, and other), equipment and diagnostic technology and other evaluative resources, electrical therapy (recognition and management of pre-arrest, cardiac arrest, and post-resuscitation and safety procedures), management of cardiovascular conditions (dysrhythmias and other)

1. Communicate effectively with members of diverse groups. (1)
2. Effectively function within a multi-disciplinary team, recognizing roles and responsibilities. (1)
3. Perform basic life support and pediatric advanced life support according to emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. (2)
4. Identify signs and symptoms of inadequate oxygenation, ventilation, respiratory distress, and respiratory failure. (3)
5. Manage airway obstructions and etiologies of respiratory compromise in pediatric patients. (3)
6. Integrate pharmacology with the management of pre-arrest, cardiac arrest, and post-resuscitation. (4)
7. Manage shock by integrating the etiology, pathophysiology, and current pediatric advanced life support guidelines. (5)
8. Describe the clinical pathways that lead to cardiac arrest in infants and children. (6)
9. Integrate electrocardiogram rhythm recognition with the management of pre-arrest, cardiac arrest, and post-resuscitation in pediatric patients according to current emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. (6)
10. Describe safety procedures while performing electrical therapy on pediatric patients. (6)
11. Manage pre-arrest, cardiac arrest, and post-resuscitation, according to current pediatric advanced life support and emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. (6)