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Neonatal Respiratory Emergencies
Neonatal emergencies are frightening and challenging to almost all acute care providers. Recognizing the presentation of common neonatal respiratory emergencies is essential to acute care providers. This issue will focus on the neonate and provide a succinct review of respiratory emergencies pertinent to clinical practice and board preparation/review.
The goal of this course is to present healthcare providers in the acute care setting with a succinct review of neonatal respiratory emergencies.
Know the anatomy and pathophysiology relevant to emergency management of neonatal respiratory emergencies.
Know the indications and contraindications for acute management options for neonatal respiratory emergencies.
Plan the key steps and know the potential pitfalls in the acute management of neonatal respiratory emergencies.
Recognize the complications associated with the acute management of neonatal respiratory emergencies.
Managing Pediatric Trauma: Assessment
This course is intended to provide nurses with knowledge of pediatric stages of development, mechanisms of injury, and assessment best practices including the pediatric assessment triangle as they relate to trauma.
Describe pediatric trauma care and stages of development as they relate to trauma.
Identify common mechanisms of injury in the pediatric population.
Recall assessment techniques and emergency interventions for pediatric patients who experience trauma.
Managing Pediatric Trauma: Interventions
This course is intended to provide nurses with knowledge on interventions for pediatric trauma, including injuries to the head, chest, abdominal cavity, and extremities. Interventions for asphyxiation, drowning, burns, and electrical shock will also be presented. This course is the second part of the Managing Pediatric Trauma series. The first course in this series is Managing Pediatric Trauma: Assessment.
Recall prehospital care and field triage of pediatric trauma patients.
Describe interventions for pediatric patients who have experienced asphyxiation, drowning, burns, and electrical injuries.
Describe interventions for pediatric patients who have experienced trauma to the head, thorax, abdomen, and extremities.