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Overview
This course equips the healthcare team with This course provides the healthcare team with information on how to assess pediatric trauma patients.Goals and Learning Outcomes
This course equips the healthcare team with critical skills for assessing and managing pediatric trauma. It provides information about pediatric-specific anatomy, physiology, and trauma risks across developmental stages. Learners will explore best practices for identifying life-threatening injuries and assessing shock, respiratory, and neurological complications in children. Key topics include age-specific vital signs, pain assessment tools, and tools like the Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT) and Broselow™ Pediatric Emergency Tape.
- Identify the anatomical and physiological differences between pediatric and adult trauma patients and their implications for trauma care.
- Recognize the importance of age-appropriate trauma assessment techniques, including developmental and communication considerations, to accurately evaluate pediatric trauma patients.
- Recall the key signs and symptoms of shock, pain, and neurological status in pediatric trauma patients, and the tools used for their assessment.
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 3/1/2025
REL-ACU-0-MPTFAS
Accreditations
NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791
Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, Kansas State Board of Nursing, Kentucky Board of Nursing, Michigan Board of Nursing, Mississippi Board of Nursing, New Hampshire Board of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, North Dakota Board of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Registered Nurses
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.