EMS 290 - Pediatric Emergencies Prehospital Professionals Initial Provider

1. Effective team dynamics: communication and roles
2. Emergency cardiovascular care: basic life support and pediatric emergencies for prehospital professionals
3. Comprehensive assessment: developmental differences, equipment, diagnostic technology, and other evaluative resources
4. Respiratory assessment and management: signs and symptoms (inadequate oxygenation, inadequate ventilation, respiratory distress, respiratory failure)
5. Pharmacology: routes of administration and pharmacologic agents
6. Shock: etiology, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and management
7. 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 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 Emergency for Prehospital Professionals according to emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. (2)
4. Perform comprehensive patient assessment. (3)
5. Identify signs and symptoms of inadequate oxygenation, ventilation, respiratory distress, and respiratory failure. (4)
6. Manage airway obstructions and etiologies of respiratory compromise. (4)
7. Use basic and advanced airway adjuncts and suctioning to secure an adequate airway. Use ventilatory devices to support respirations. (4)
8. Integrate pharmacology with pre-arrest, cardiac arrest, and post-resuscitation management. (5)
9. Manage shock by integrating the etiology, pathophysiology, and current pediatric emergencies for prehospital professionals' guidelines. (6)
10. Describe the clinical pathways that lead to cardiac arrest in infants and children, and integrate electrocardiogram rhythm recognition with pre-arrest, cardiac arrest, and post-resuscitation management according to emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. (7)
11. Describe safety procedures while performing electrical therapy. (7)
12. Manage pre-arrest, cardiac arrest, and post-resuscitation according to pediatric emergencies for prehospital professionals and emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. (7)