Product Description
CME Sponsors: American Medical Seminars, Inc.
Activity Title: Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Review and Update – Day 4
Recorded Dates: 1/30/2025
Original Release Date: July 1, 2025
Expiration Date: July 1, 2028
Presenting Faculty: Joshua Belfer; Robert Belfer;
Pediatric Resuscitation
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Understand the sequence of ACTIONS needed during a pediatric resuscitation
- Have a good knowledge of drug administration in resuscitation
- Understand the importance of compressions and bagging in resuscitations
Pearls from the CHOP PEM Podcast
Upon completion of this session, using national Evidence Based Medicine sources including Cochrane Collaboration and published guidelines from sources including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the participant should be able to:
- Understand the tremendous medical advances researchers have developed in treating Sudden Infant
- Death Syndrome, Meningitis and Oncologic conditions in the pediatric patient.
The Septic Appearing Infant
Attendees of this presentation should be able to:
- Develop a differential diagnosis for the ill-appearing infant in the ED, based on history and physical exam.
- Diagnose and manage the septic appearing infant based on evidence-based guidelines.
- Diagnose/treat etiologies causing upper airway obstruction in the child
- Develop a differential diagnosis for the patient with acute stridor.
Acute Management of Childhood Asthma
Attendees of this presentation will be able to:
- Understand initial acute management of patients presenting with an asthma exacerbation in the emergency setting.
- Review and understand how to apply evidence regarding the use of steroids, magnesium sulfate, and terbutaline in the treatment of childhood asthma.
- Discuss escalation of care for the ill appearing child with asthma.
Head Injuries in the Pediatric Patient
Attendees of this presentation will be able to:
- Describe the pathophysiology of the acute presentation of severe head injury in a child.
- Review the evidence-based approach to imaging decisions after a minor head trauma.
- Discuss evidence-based approaches to children with concussions.
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