Prehospital Practitioners

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This section includes job descriptions, roles & responsibilities, and recruitment materials created by EMS for Children State Partnership Programs.

This guide was created through collaboration of EMS agency leadership, medical directors, pediatric emergency physicians, established EMS PECCs, and members of the Louisiana EMS for Children Advisory Board.

This guide was created through collaboration of Children’s Emergency Care Alliance, EMS agency leadership, medical directors, pediatric emergency physicians, established EMS PECCs, and members of the Committee on Pediatric Emergency Care Advisory Board.

Self-paced learning module on prehospital management of pediatric status epilepticus. You will be redirected to the OPENPediatrics website. To view the module, you will need to create an OPENPediatrics account.

Clinical Practice Guideline from ENA: Intranasal Medication Administration. How effective is the intranasal medication administration route for emergency care patients? (please refer to pages 8-13)

In this video our team provides an example of how to set up and administer fluids rapidly during a resuscitation (shared with permission from Children's Hospital Colorado).

Suctioning secretions from a pediatric airway is a lifesaving procedure. Let our team walk you through the process and show you some tips and tricks to make it a little easier on you and the …

This video will walk you through the process of administering medications using a mucosal atomizer device in the patients nares. (shared with permission from Children's Hospital Colorado)

Here are some simple tips and tricks for inserting an IO needle in pediatric patients. (shared with permission from Children's Hospital Colorado)

How to draw up and administer small doses of Epi Here is a simple trick for drawing up and administering very small doses of epinephrine to our littlest patients. (shared with permission from Children's Hospital …

A brief overview of the foundational skill of providing bag valve mask positive pressure ventilation to pediatric patients. (shared with permission from Children's Hospital Colorado)

This video provides and overview of how to use the Broselow Tape (a standardized, color coded, pediatric emergency measuring tape). This tape provides you with a rapid estimate of a child's weight based on their …

Let our team walk you through some tips and tricks for using a length based tape system on a pediatric patient. (shared with permission from Children's Hospital Colorado)

Module from Emergency Medicine Residents' Association's (EMRA) Pain Management Guide. Information geared toward emergency department providers, but information could be useful to prehospital practitioners as well.

Handoffs: Transitions of Care for Children in the Emergency Department (AAP Policy Statement) (please refer to pages 4-5: Managing Specific ToC Situations, Prehospital to ED)

Abstract: The Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT) has become the cornerstone for the Pediatric Education for Prehospital Professionals course, sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics. This concept for emergency assessment of children has been taught …

From the University of Colorado. This course will cover some of the highest-stress patient populations: pregnant patients and kids. You will build on your knowledge of anatomy, patient assessment and scene safety to develop an …

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Partnership in Outstanding Pediatric Prehospital Care (POPPC) Lecture Series from Colorado EMSC.