Maria Broadstreet, Stephen Jones & Mitch R Abblett – The Pediatric Crisis Certificate Course: Quick Assessment & Rapid Action
When caring for a sick child, situations can go from urgent to emergent in a matter of seconds.
Our new-and-improved online course — The Pediatric Crisis Certificate Course: Quick Assessment & Rapid Action — will guide you through practical strategies to recognize, manage, and even prevent common and emergent conditions with your young patients.
Join pediatric experts Maria Broadstreet, RN, MSN, CPNP, and Stephen Jones, MS, RN, PNP, ET, in this all-inclusive, self-paced training today and:
- Get expert tips for stabilization and critical assessment
- Gain life-saving knowledge to handle Neuro, Cardiac, Respiratory, and many other emergencies
- Learn non-confrontational ways to talk about vaccines with your patients and their families
- Develop the best treatment strategies for concussions and sports injuries
- Master the recognition of anaphylaxis and allergies
- Become your patients’ biggest advocate by understanding your responsibilities when you suspect child abuse
- …And so much more!
Here’s what’s waiting for you when you REGISTER NOW:
Well Child
- Assessment/Diagnosis of Problems by Age Group
- How to take a thorough history
- Growth & Development: What’s Normal?
- Developmental milestones
- Assessment of development
- Anticipatory Guidance: “What Do You Want to Look Out For?”
- Through the 1st year
- Toddler
- School age
- Teens & beyond
- More Vaccines?
- HPV: It’s not just for girls
- Pertussis
- Influenza
- What about autism?
- Pediatric Lab Interpretation
- Identifying baseline testing
- Can an allergy test be done in primary care?
- Interpreting results
Presenting Pediatric Problems
- Infancy
- RSV
- Failure to thrive: Metabolic disorders, heart disease
- Meningitis
- School Age
- Obesity
- Hypertension
- Pre-hypertension vs. hypertension
- Causes: Renal, cardiac, lifestyle
- Eval/treatment: Dietary guidelines 2010, medications, link to cholesterol
- Adolescents/Teens
- Headaches
- Depression/suicide
- Drug Abuse
- Prescription drug overdose
- Street names
Pediatric Emergencies
- Allergies/anaphylaxis
- Seizures
- Drowning
Parental Guidance
- Concussions & Sports Injuries
- New International Guidelines
- Return to play
- Treatment strategies vs. adults
- Symptoms/Long-term complications
- Weight lifting/performance enhancing substances
- Antibiotic Resistance/MRSA
- Energy Drinks
- Life-Threatening Allergies
- Internet Safety
The Joint Commission
- Patient safety goals: What are they?
- Medication safety
- Staff communication
- Preventing infection
- Risk Management: A 7-step approach to protect yourself
- Patient Satisfaction Metrics
- Discharge information
Pediatric Stabilization & Critical Assessment Goals
- Essential data to collect
- Primary and secondary survey:
- Assessment and interventions
- Immediate interventions for life-threatening situations
- Hypothermia and its multisystem implications
- Code medications: The “Big 3”
Technology: The Benefits & the Pitfalls
- Respiratory devices: Delivery systems, oxygen therapy,
mist, humidification - Pulse oximeter
- Interpreting key laboratory findings
- EEG and lumbar puncture
Suspecting Child Abuse
- Shaken baby syndrome
- Munchausen by proxy
- Child maltreatment
- Mandatory reporting
Infectious Diseases
- Group b strep
- Bacterial/viral meningitis
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Herpes: Simplex and encephalitis
- Kawasaki disease
- Rheumatic Fever
- Influenza
- Fever and hyperthermia management
Ingestions & Poisoning
- GI decontamination
- “Pharming” implications
- OTC medications: Cold/cough preparations,
acetaminophen, NSAIDs - Alcohols, hydrocarbons
- Lead intoxication
Gastrointestinal Emergencies
- Pyloric stenosis
- Necrotizing enterocolitis
- Malrotation/Bowel obstruction
- Appendicitis
- Diarrhea and dehydration:
- Evidence-based guidelines
Trauma in Children
- Sports and non-sports related injuries
- Abdominal trauma: Bowel perforation, spleen & liver laceration
- Chest trauma: Pulmonary contusion, pneumothorax, hemothorax, flail chest
- Neurological involvement:
- Head trauma: TBI, cerebral edema and concussions
- Seizures
Cardiovascular Emergencies
- Hypertrophy cardiomyopothy
- Cardiomyopathies
Anaphylaxis
- Prevention & initial/acute management
- Anaphylactic shock
- Optimizing use of the Epi pen
Tonsillitis
- Croup: Viral and bacterial
Respiratory Emergencies: Upper Airway
- Pneumonia
- Bronchiolitis (RSV/Non-RSV)
- Pertussis
- Asthma
Meet the Course Experts:
Maria Broadstreet, RN, MSN, APN, currently practices at Modern Med Recovery in Park Ridge, Illinois and treats patients at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. Maria has a special interest in addressing and treating pain and is certified as a Pain Resource Nurse.
Stephen Jones, MS, RN, PNP, ET, is a Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist/Nurse Practitioner and Enterostomal Therapist who practices fulltime at the Children’s Hospital-Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York. In this role, Stephen cares for children in a variety of pediatric units, with both acute and chronic conditions, including the general pediatric units and PICU.
Mitch R Abblett, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, author and international presenter on mindfulness, compassion, self-compassion and positive psychology. Click here for information about Mitch R Abblett
Christopher Willard, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist and author of multiple books, including Growing Up Mindful. He leads workshops internationally and serves on the faculty of Harvard Medical School.
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