Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support Course, Alamosa, CO

Alamosa, CO US
October 12, 2023 to October 13, 2023

Ensure that you are prepared to save the life of a child by participating in a Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support (PFCCS) Course. This 2 day course combines expert-developed lectures with hands-on skill stations to provide healthcare professionals at all levels, including nonintensivists, with the training they need to manage critically ill or injured pediatric patients for the first 24 hours or until appropriate critical care consultation can be arranged. This evidence based curriculum was developed by the Society of Critical Care Medicine. 

We gratefully acknowledge the generous financial support from the Westmeath Foundation that allows this educational symposium to be offered at a reduced cost to professional clinicians in Colorado.

Target Audience

This course is for interdisciplinary healthcare team members including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and EMS professionals.

Learner Outcomes

As a result of this session, learners will be able to report new knowledge and intent to change practice in the care of critically ill pediatric patients. Participants will successfully complete a posttest related to the care of critically ill pediatric patients.

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss knowledge of the signs and symptoms of an unstable airway and respiratory failure
  • Summarize management principles of acute respiratory failure
  • Describe the characteristics of different types of breaths and modes of mechanical ventilation (noninvasive and invasive) 
  • Review the various categories of shock and sepsis, emphasizing early detection and rapid intervention 
  • Describe the management of children with cardiopulmonary deficiency, including the initial assessment and importance of rapid detection and intervention
  • Describe the indications for initiation of mechanical ventilation
  • Summarize the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of children with upper and lower airway disease
  • Describe communication process for safe transport of the critically ill child
  • Identify anatomic, physiologic, and mechanistic issues in trauma including the ABCDE approach to resuscitation
  • Review specific management principles and options for common neurologic emergencies
  • Discuss basic concepts of maintenance of intravascular fluid homeostasis.
  • Identify risk factors for abuse.
  • Identify the indications, risk factors, and level of monitoring needed for pediatric patients undergoing procedural sedation and describe the differences among mild, moderate, and deep sedation
  • Describe the effects of anesthesia on the patient during postoperative period
  • Demonstrate the DIRECT methodology to provide care to a complex patient case using the knowledge and skills obtained during the course
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 13.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 13.50 Attendance
  • 13.50 Colorado State EMS
  • 13.50 NCPD
Course opens: 
07/01/2023
Course expires: 
10/27/2023
Event starts: 
10/12/2023 - 7:30am MDT
Event ends: 
10/13/2023 - 5:00pm MDT
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San Luis Valley Education Center
1921 Main St
Alamosa, CO 81101
United States

This course will be held at the Education and Conference Center.

Jonah Attebery, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
University of Colorado
Pediatric Intensivist
Children's Hospital Colorado, Colorado Springs

Sarah Hafner, MAS, BSN, RN, CCRN
Clinical Practice Specialist
Children's Hospital Colorado

Lorel Huber, MD
Pediatric Fellow
Critical Care
Children's Hospital Colorado

Lana Martin, MHL, BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, CPEN, CPST-I
Director of Trauma Programs
Children's Hospital Colorado

Imran Sayed, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
University of Colorado
Pediatric Intensivist
Children's Hospital Colorado, Colorado Springs

Michael Wittkamp, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
University of Colorado
Pediatric Intensivist
Children's Hospital Colorado, Colorado Springs

 

Planners and faculty in control of content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

 

Medical
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Children’s Hospital Colorado and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. 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 13.5 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 activity for 13.5 nursing contact hour(s) is provided by Children’s Hospital Colorado.

EMS
Children’s Hospital Colorado is a State of Colorado recognized EMS Training Group (CO-049) and will provide 13.5 continuing education credit(s) for all pre-hospital providers.
A certificate of attendance will be provided upon completion of this course.

Criteria to Obtain Continuing Education Certificate:

  • Attend full course
  • Complete the course evaluation

Available Credit

  • 13.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 13.50 Attendance
  • 13.50 Colorado State EMS
  • 13.50 NCPD

Price

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