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Overview
The goal of this course is to equip healthcare professionals about the clinical presentation and child abuse workup for pediatric abusive head trauma.Goals and Learning Outcomes
Pediatric abusive head trauma, also known as “shaken baby syndrome,” is a severe form of child abuse that most often affects infants. Historically multiple terms have been used to describe the condition, but abusive head trauma (AHT) is now the preferred term. Shaking an infant can cause neurological injury but blunt impact is also an important cause of this injury. This course explains the history, challenges of diagnosis, risk factors, and long-term effects of pediatric abusive head trauma. It also explains the clinical presentation, including the mechanism of injury, characteristic and non-specific signs and symptoms along with components of a child abuse workup.
The goal of this course is to equip nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, and physical therapists with knowledge of the clinical presentation and child abuse workup for pediatric abusive head trauma.
- Identify the history, legal issues, challenges of diagnosis, risk factors, prevention, and long-term effects of pediatric abusive head trauma.
- Recognize the clinical presentation of pediatric abusive head trauma including mechanisms of injury, specific and non-specific signs and symptoms, mandatory reporting, and cultural considerations.
- Recall the components of a child abuse workup including history-taking, physical examination, diagnostic testing and imaging, and differential diagnosis.
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 5/1/2023
REL-ACU-0-PAHT
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.