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Colorado Pediatric Emergency and Trauma Conference 2025
Overview
The Colorado Pediatric Emergency and Trauma conference provides education for state-of-the-art care of the pediatric trauma patient in both the pre-hospital setting and through the continuum of inpatient care.
Target Audience
This program will be of interest to physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, respiratory therapists, EMS providers, aeromedical personnel and ancillary staff.
Learning Objectives
- Describe and evaluate emerging technologies and field medicine practices in the prehospital/EMS setting, and translate advancements into improvements for civilian emergency care.
- Apply evidence-based strategies for pediatric airway management, including video laryngoscopy optimization, post-intubation complication prevention, and algorithmic approaches to difficult or failed airways.
- Discuss and implement current best practices in pediatric trauma care, including penetrating trauma evaluation, solid organ injury management, and nonaccidental trauma recognition.
- Assess and manage critical airway and respiratory scenarios, including the use of ECMO in traumatic cardiac arrest, difficult airway management, and procedural sedation safety in emergency settings.
- Implement team-based strategies to improve safety, communication, and situational awareness during high-stress trauma care and emergency scenarios.
- Apply updated protocols for managing complex trauma presentations such as unstable pelvic fractures, spinal cord injuries, vascular compromise, and polytrauma in both adult and pediatric populations.
- Summarize best practices across the continuum of burn care, from initial stabilization to long-term rehabilitation.
- Evaluate and apply interventions for neonate stabilization, pediatric trauma response during disasters, and early mobilization strategies for recovery.
- Demonstrate advanced skills in managing cardiac emergencies during critical care transport and in applying massive transfusion protocols, including whole blood use.
- Integrate recent research and emerging infection control strategies into clinical decision-making for trauma and emergency care, including recognition and treatment of sports-related head trauma.
Learner Outcome
Learners will self-report expanded knowledge of care of traumatized patients and identify available resources for pediatric trauma care to be brought back to their areas of practice.
Hybrid conference. You may attend virtually, or in-person at Children's Hospital Colorado.
Virtual registrants will receive a ZOOM link via email to join the conference.
Faculty
Denise Abdoo, PhD, CPNP, MSN
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Child Abuse and Neglect/Kempe
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Shannon Acker, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatric Surgery
Children's Hospital Colorado
Erin Altman, OT
Pediatric Occupational Therapist
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Lalit Bajaj, MD
Chief Quality Outcomes Officer
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Andrea Blake, DO, FACS
Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon
Premier Surgeons
Alyssa Combs, OT
Pediatric Occupational Therapist
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Jose Diaz-Miron, MD
Associate Professor
Surgery-Peds Surgery
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Samuel Dominguez, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology
Medical Director, Children’s Hospital Colorado Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Candise Dunham, BSN, RN, CPEN
Associate Clinical Manager, Emergency Department
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Shannon Flood, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Claire Gahm, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Cameron Gunville, DO
Associate Professor
Pediatrics-Critical Care Medicine
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Andrew Krack, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
CHCO Attending Pediatric Emergency Physician
Associate Director, Resuscitation, Section of Emergency Medicine
Jessica MacDonald, DPT
Pediatric Physical Therapist
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Maria Mandt, MD
Professor, Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Cory McLaughlin, MD, FAAP, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado
Brittney Millet, MS, LAT, ATC
Concussion Program Coordinator
Children's Hospital Colorado
Chris Nichols, MD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology-Pediatric Anesthesiology
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Star Nixon, MD
Assistant Professor, Orthopedics
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Robert Putfark, EMS
Captain Arvada Fire Protection District
Mark Roback, MD
Professor, Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine
Children’s Hospital Colorado
D. Clay Samples, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Julia Sanders, MD
Assistant Professor, Orthopedics
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Carly Scahill, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Cardiology
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Callie Searley, MSN, RN, C-NPT
Clinical Education Specialist
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Tom Schroeppel, MD, PhD
Trauma Medical Director
UC Health
Erika Valentine, MD
Pediatric Orthopedics
Children’s Hospital Colorado
John Wiersch, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Associate Trauma Medical Director
Director, Burn Program
Children's Hospital Colorado; Endowed Chair
Julie Wilson, MD
Pediatrics Sports Medicine
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Max Wohlauer, MD
Medical Director, University of Colorado Hospital Vascular Diagnostic Lab
Medical Director, Surgical Inpatient Units at University of Colorado Hospital
Children's Hospital Colorado, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Colorado Hospital, UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
Medical: Children’s Hospital Colorado is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Children’s Hospital Colorado designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing: Children’s Hospital Colorado is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This educational offering for 13.75 nursing contact hours is provided by Children’s Hospital Colorado.
EMS: Children's Hospital Colorado is an approved provider of EMS continuing education through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division. Children's Hospital Colorado is EMS Training Group #EO49. This education offering is good for 13.75 hours.
General Attendance: A general certificate of attendance will be available for all other care providers.
Criteria for Successful Completion:
Registration, attendance, sign-in and submission of the evaluation, including a written response to questions related to any change in practice that you may make as a result of learning that took place at this activity, are required for successful completion and receipt of the certificate of attendance. Claim only those hours you attend.
Available Credit
- 13.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 13.75 Approved Trauma Education
- 13.75 Attendance
- 13.75 Approved Trauma Education
- 13.75 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 13.75 Colorado State EMS
- 13.75 NCPD
- 13.75 Approved Trauma Education
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Price
Cancellation Policy
A registration refund, minus a $10.00 cancelation fee, will be granted if cancellation is requested by 10/29/2025. No refunds will be granted after this date or for non-attendance. You may send a substitute by notifying the conference coordinator at least three days prior to activity.
Children’s Hospital Colorado reserves the right to modify the agenda or cancel this conference in the event of an unforeseen circumstance, or if minimum acceptable registration is not attained by 10/12/2025 with a full refund to participants. For additional information, please reach out to [email protected]. If you require special assistance or services to allow full participation, please notify us at least four weeks in advance of the activity.