PEDReady Champions of the Week: Hurricane Dorian Providers
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This week we thank all of you that have worked tirelessly to prepare our hospitals, EDs, EMS agencies, roads and shelters for Hurricane Dorian. Please make sure children—especially those with special healthcare needs—are included in your plans and activities.
We send our deepest sympathy to our colleagues in the Bahamas and look forward to helping them in recovery. Email
pedready@jax.ufl.edu
if you have a Dorian-related pediatric preparedness story, tip, scenario, question or photo.
This week’s PEDReady PE
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ARL will be brief due to hurricane closures and preparedness.
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Encourage others to sign up for the PEDReady weekly newsbrief, the PE
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ARL, by sharing this link:
http://bit.ly/flpearl
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Focus | Pediatric Emergency Education: Case Scenarios & Simulation for EDs & EMS
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We all know that a basic tenant of being PEDReady is education. Ensuring pediatric education and training is a core function of the PECC (pediatric emergency care coordinator/champion). A key National EMSC Performance Measure is
the percentage of EMS agencies in the state having a process that requires EMS providers to physically demonstrate the correct use of pediatric-specific equipment
. This is also important for EDs as the percentage of critically ill and injured children is quite low when compared to adults.
Case scenarios, videos and simulations are much more interesting and effective than textbook material; however, they are time-consuming to create! The good news is you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. There are many great resources you can use with minimal advanced planning.
Below is a list of pediatric case scenarios, simulations and skill stations. In a future newsletter, we will focus on videos.
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Have some downtime on your shift? Be a PEDReady champion and go over a scenario with colleagues!
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- Education, Simulation Scenarios, Skills Stations, and Checklists for EMS
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- Click on the 'Best Practices in Pediatric Education & Simulation' tab
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- Scenarios for prehospital providers
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This 80-page guide is one of our favorites!
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59-page PDF created by AAP and ACEP
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- Contains sample scenarios for the paramedic psychomotor exam
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- Contains pediatric and adult cases and podcasts
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- Peer-reviewed simulation cases for emergency medicine programs available in FOAMed spirit
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Do you have a great case, presentation or simulation scenario to share?
Steve White is leading an initiative of the FL EMSC Advisory committee to create some free access simulation scenarios.
Email us at
pedready@jax.ufl.edu
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“Tell me and I will forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Upcoming Pediatric Emergency Events
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NAEMT EMS Safety Course
(new)
September 24, 2019 | 8:30-4:30 pm | Jacksonville, FL
Hosted by: TraumaOne Flight Services
This course covers crew resource management, emergency vehicle safety, responsibilities in scene operations, patient handling, patient, practitioner and bystander safety, and personal health.
Open to all EMS students, EMTs & Paramedics. Price includes morning refreshments, lunch, provider manual and NAEMT certificate for 8 hours of Florida and National Registry CE credits.
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NAEMT Emergency Pediatric Care Course
(new)
September 30 & October 3, 2019 | 8:30-4:30 pm | Jacksonville, FL
Hosted by: TraumaOne Flight Services
This 2-day (16-hour) Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC) course focuses on critical pediatric physiology, illnesses, injuries and interventions to help EMS practitioners provide the best treatment for sick and injured children. EPC is appropriate for EMTs, paramedics, emergency medical responders, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and physicians. Accredited by CAPCE; recognized by NREMT and Florida EMS for 16 CE hours.
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Children's Disaster Services Workshop
October 11-12, 2019 | Tampa, FL
Hosted by: Child Life Disaster Relief
This is a specialized training for Certified Child Life Professionals only. Certified child life specialists are invited to register. Ten PDU’s are available.
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NAEMT Principles of Ethics & Personal Leadership Course
(new)
November 6-7, 2019 | 8:30-4:30 pm | St. Augustine, FL
Hosted by: TraumaOne Flight Services
This 2-day (16-hour) course provides EMS and Mobile Healthcare (MHC) practitioners with the skills to effectively interact with patients and their families, other medical personnel, co-workers, supervisors and community residents. This course is appropriate for EMTs, paramedics, other MHC practitioners and emergency responders. Upon successful completion, students receive a certificate, wallet card
(good for 4 years) and 16 hours of CAPCE credit.
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Pediatric Care After Resuscitation (PCAR) Course
Dec 2-3, 2019 | Jacksonville, FL
The mission of TCAR (Trauma Care After Resuscitation) Education Programs is to expand the knowledge base and clinical reasoning skills of nurses who work with injured patients anywhere along the trauma continuum of care, particularly in the post-resuscitation phase.
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Thanks for being a Pediatric Champion!
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The Florida PEDReady Program
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