Stephen Jones Life-Threatening Pediatric Emergencies

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Stephen Jones Life-Threatening Pediatric Emergencies

Description:

• Respiratory Emergencies
• Cardiac Emergencies
• Gastrointestinal Emergencies
• Neurological Emergencies
• Trauma: Sports/Non-Sports related
• Anaphylaxis
• Infectious Diseases
• Child Abuse and Maltreatment
• Ingestions or poisonings
• Diarrhea, Dehydration

Infants and children can be considered adults, but they aren’t small children. Each infant and child is unique, so each case requires a different intervention. Are you responsible for caring for pediatric patients at your workplace? Do you spend time with children in your community? Maybe you go to community events with children. You might be asked to be a first aider as a healthcare professional.-Responder, a member of a resuscitation group or someone caring in primary or acute care for the family.

This educational event will provide you with strategies to recognize, manage and prevent a variety of pediatric emergent and urgent conditions. As a pediatric nurse practitioner and pediatric clinical nurse specialist, you will be caring for children with special needs.-Routinely dealing with life-threatening emergencies Stephen JonesMS, RN. CPNP. ET understands the importance of providing appropriate and timely treatment for this age group. Learn from this seminar Stephen’s vast experiences working “in the trenches”. His extensive and in-depth knowledge will give him many useful insights.-Going clinical and evidence-based.-Based interventions that can be used to treat the most complex pediatric urgencies. You will be able to immediately apply the knowledge gained from this conference to improve the outcome of your own children’s health.

OUTLINE

Pediatric Stabilization & Critical Assessment Goals

• To collect essential data
• Secondary and primary survey:
• Assessment and intervention
• Lifesaving interventions immediately-Situations that could be dangerous
• Hypothermia: Multisystem implications
• The code for medications: “Big 3”

Technology: The Benefits & the Pitfalls

• Respiratory equipment: Delivery systems, oxygen therapy and mist.
• Pulse oximeter
• Interpreting laboratory results
• EEG and lumbar puncture

Suspecting Child Abuse

• Shaken baby syndrome
• Munchausen, by proxy
• Kindness and maltreatment of children
• Mandatory reporting

Infectious Diseases

• Group b strep
• Bacterial/viral meingitis
• Toxic shock syndrome
• Herpes simplex and Encephalitis
• Kawasaki Disease
• Rheumatic Fever
• Influenza
• Hyperthermia management and Fever

Ingestions & Poisoning

• GI decontamination
• “Pharming” Implications
• OTC medicines: Acetaminophen, cold/cough preparations, and NSAIDs
• Hydrocarbons, alcohols
• Lead intoxication

Gastrointestinal Emergencies

• Pyloric stenosis
• Necrotizing enterocolitis
• Malrotation/Bowel obstruction
• Appendicitis
• Diarrhea, dehydration
• The evidence-Based guidelines

Trauma in Children

• Sports and other-Sports injuries
• Abdominal trauma: Bowel perforation, spleen & liver laceration
• Chest trauma: Hematoma, hemothorax and pneumothorax.
• Neurological involvement
• Head trauma: TBI and cerebral edema.
• Seizures

Cardiovascular Emergencies

• Cardiomyopothy hypertrophy
• Cardiomyopathies

Anaphylaxis

• Prevention & initial/acute management
• Anaphylactic shock
• Optimizing the use of Epi pen

Tonsillitis

• Croup: Viral, bacterial

Respiratory Emergencies: Upper Airway

• Pneumonia
• Bronchiolitis (RSV/Non-RSV)
• Pertussis
• Asthma

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OBJECTIVES

• Explain the most current strategies that can be used to evaluate pediatric life-These are dangerous situations
• Both non-profit and for-profit-The pharmacological, pharmacological, and other options for managing pediatric life-These are dangerous situations
• Differentiate among different infectious diseases.-To-Each date intervention is required.
• For the most common ingested substances, choose the current treatment recommendations.
• Use the most recent evidence-Guidelines for the best treatment of severe diarrhea and dehydration.
• You can assess a range of trauma injuries in children. The best initial response is the best to improve outcomes.
• Determine the best and most immediate treatment for cardiac emergencies in children.
• Explain the management of distributive and anaphylactic shock.
• Compare the clinical presentation of different lower and upper airway disease.