Pediatric Emergency Medicine Board Review

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION This course delivers the basic knowledge needed for the care of children in the emergency setting, while emphasizing the “must-know” facts for board certification. This CME course will ...

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This course delivers the basic knowledge needed for the care of children in the emergency setting, while emphasizing the “must-know” facts for board certification. This CME course will help emergency physicians and pediatricians:Identify life-threats and non life-threats in pediatric patients and understand key symptoms seen in emergency careLearn best practices in pediatric and neonatal resuscitation, pain management, trauma, and various types of emergenciesKnow how to handle pediatric fever, infectious diseases, multiple systems infections, tick-borne diseases, and moreLearn about special administrative, legal, and ethical considerations for pediatric patients

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:Recognize the signs and symptoms of upper airway obstruction, hypoxia, hypercarbia; lower airway obstructionRecognize the indications for emergent referral/admissionIdentify the signs and symptoms of compensated versus uncompensated shockDiscuss and identify life-threats and non life-threatsIdentify the core content of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

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