Cognitive Skills

The pediatric assessment triangle is a tool for medical professionals to rapidly assess a child on sight to determine it he or she is in immediate need of rapid transport or emergency treatment before a full assessment.

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

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 approach to these new patient populations. We will walk through the things that make pregnant patients and pediatric patients different but also what makes them the same as all the patients you care for.

Free enrollment. Syllabus includes: Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery (9 videos {49 min}, 5 readings, 2 quizzes); Neonatal Care and Pediatric Basics (12 videos {65 min}, 4 readings, 1 quiz); Pediatric Pathology and Intervention - (18 videos {103 min}, 6 readings, 1 quiz)

These online educational modules are intended to assist healthcare providers in determining the difference between accidental and intentional injuries in children. Considering many clinicians see few cases of child abuse in their daily practice, these case studies will improve assessment skills and build confidence in knowing when to report suspected abuse to appropriate authorities. The cases presented contain real images of injured children. Some learners, including experienced healthcare professionals, may find these images upsetting. You may exit and/or return to this module at any time and completion of this program is voluntary.

Mandatory abuse reporting requirements for medical practitioners vary by state however, all states impose requirements to some level.

From University of Colorado School of Medicine; Users must register (free).

Learning Objectives:

1) Accurately triage patients using the local triage strategy

2) Explain the rationale behind each of their triage decisions

3) When necessary, correctly manage the airway and assess the pulse of disaster victims.

4) Triage all 10 patients in 7 minutes or less.

Learning Objectives:

1) Accurately triage patients using the local triage strategy

2) Explain the rationale behind each of their triage decisions

3) When necessary, correctly manage the airway and assess the pulse of disaster victims

4) Triage all 10 patients in 7 minutes or less

Learning Objectives:

1) Accurately triage patients using the local triage strategy

2) Explain the rationale behind each of their triage decisions

3) When necessary, correctly manage the airway and assess the pulse of disaster victims.

4) Triage all 10 patients in 7 minutes or less

SimBox EMS.

Run it from anywhere | No need to leave the station | Find everything with the click of a button

Simulations Included: Seizure; Non-Accidental Trauma; Newborn Rescuscitation

Transitions of care (ToCs), also referred to as handoffs or sign-outs, occur when the responsibility for a patient’s care transfers from 1 health care provider to another. Transitions are common in the acute care setting and have been noted to be vulnerable events with opportunities for error. Health care is taking ideas from other high-risk industries, such as aerospace and nuclear power, to create models of structured transition processes. Although little literature currently exists to establish 1 model as superior, multiorganizational consensus groups agree that standardization is warranted and that additional work is needed to establish characteristics of ToCs that are associated with clinical or practice outcomes. The rationale for structuring ToCs, specifically those related to the care of children in the emergency setting, and a description of identified strategies are presented, along with resources for educating health care providers on ToCs. Recommendations for development, education, and implementation of transition models are included.

(refer to pages 4-5: Managing Specific ToC Situations, Prehospital to ED)

ABSTRACT: This project sought to develop evidence-based guidelines for the administration of analgesics for moderate to severe pain by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) clinicians based on a separate, previously published, systematic review of the comparative effectiveness of analgesics in the prehospital setting prepared by the University of Connecticut Evidence-Based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). A technical expert panel (TEP) was assembled consisting of subject matter experts in prehospital and emergency care, and the development of evidence-based guidelines and patient care guidelines. A series of nine “patient/population-intervention-comparison-outcome” (PICO) questions were developed based on the Key Questions identified in the AHRQ systematic review, and an additional PICO question was developed to specifically address analgesia in pediatric patients.....

TEN-4-FACESp is a useful acronym to help screen children under 4 years of age with bruising to identify when a bruise is more likely to be caused by abuse than accidental injury. TEN-4-FACESp stands for bruising to the Torso, Ears, Neck, Frenulum, Angle of the jaw, Cheeks, Eyelids or Subconjunctivae, “4” represents infants 4 months and younger with any bruise, anywhere, and “p” represents the presence of patterned bruising.

At On the Job and Off we want to ensure that all first responders are educated to recognize the signs of child abuse, neglect, and trafficking and are equipped to report it correctly. We have just launched a free self-paced recognition and reporting education program created specifically for first responders.

Free login required to take the course.

Become a vital advocate for child safety—learn how to recognize red flags, use proven diagnostic tools, and take decisive action to protect vulnerable children in prehospital care.