Newborn Resuscitation (ACEP)
- 5½ minutes
Psychomotor skills refers to hands-on activities, such bag-mask ventilation, suctioning, and performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Last updated: December 27, 2024
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Managing Childbirth and Newborn Resuscitation Toolkit for the EMS Provider
Managing Childbirth and Newborn Resuscitation Toolkit for the EMS Provider
Managing Childbirth and Newborn Resuscitation Toolkit for the EMS Provider (A
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)
Created by Dayton Children's Hospital.
Objectives:
- Pediatric Assessment Triangle
- Medication dosage calculation
- Identify pediatric weight with the lenght weight-based tool
- Intranasal medication administration
- Intraosseos needle sizes and insertion
- IV fluid administration
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.
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)
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)
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 Colorado)
Here are some simple tips and tricks for inserting an IO needle in pediatric patients.
(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 patient.
(shared with permission from Children's Hospital Colorado)
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).
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)
4 steps to owning the infant IV From where to begin, to last-resort options: Tips and tricks. (From EMS1)
The Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill has worked to create a semi-interactive document that allows for easier access to resources, information, and instructions on how to treat children with medical complexities.
This toolbox provides all elements needed to conduct a training night focused on pediatric airway assessment and management. Completion will award 2 pediatric CME hours per student. Links to a Google Drive.
Toolbox includes: Instructions, Study Guide, PowerPoint, Scenarios, and Evaluation.
This toolbox provides all elements needed to conduct a training night focused on pediatric shock and sepsis. Completion will award 2 pediatric CME hours per student. Links to a Google Drive.
Toolbox includes: Instructions, Study Guide, PowerPoint, Scenarios, and Evaluation.
Hear from Michael Kim, MD, as he discusses the "heavy" issue of why obtaining weight estimates for all pediatric patients is so critical, especially in the prehospital setting.
Developed by the Illinois EMSC Program, these skills evaluation checklists can help your agencies clinicians establish and maintain competency with various skills.
Scroll down to P: Pediatric Skills Checklists after opening resource.
In this National Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Board webinar, Oregon Fire Captain and CPS Instructor Scott Downing discusses child passenger safety in emergency vehicles. He covers these main topics:
- Identifying potential hazards
- Safety misconceptions
- Exploring considerations and recommendations for transport
- Applying the concept of "Good, Better, Best"
- Conversations to help guide your SOP's/SOG's