TARGET SKILLS: Age-related assessment findings, age related anatomic and physiologic variations, and developmental stage related assessment and treatment modifications for pediatric-specific major or common diseases and/or emergencies to include: Upper airway obstruction Respiratory Syncytial Virus Lower airway reactive disease (RSV) Foreign body (upper and lower) airway Pneumonia obstructions Croup Respiratory distress/failure/arrest Epiglottitis Hyperglycemia Seizures Hypoglycemia Sudden infant syndrome Pertussis Gastrointestinal disease Cystic fibrosis Bacterial tracheitis Bronchopulmonary dysplasia Asthma Congenital heart diseases Bronchiolitis Hydrocephalus and ventricular shunts Key Terminology: Absence seizures Hemophilia Respiratory failure Acrocyanosis Hydrocephalus Respiratory syncytial Apparent life-threatening Hypertrophic virus (RSV) event (ALTE) cardiomyopathy (HCM) Retractions Bacterial tracheitis Hypopituitarism Sepsis Blow-by technique Inborn errors of Sickle cell disease (SCD) Bronchiolitis metabolism (IEM) Simple febrile seizures Bronchopulmonary Intussusception Simple partial seizures dysplasia Malrotation with volvulus Sniffing position Central venous catheter Meckel diverticulum Status epilepticus abuse Meningitis Child protective service Mottling Subglottic space (CPS) Myocarditis Sudden infant death Complex febrile seizures Muchal rigidity syndrome (SIDS) Complex partial seizures Obtunded Synchronized Congenital adrenal Ossification centers cardioversion hyperplasia (CAH) Panhypopituitarism Tenting Congenital heart disease Partial seizures Thrombocytopenia Croup Pediatric Assessment Thrombosis Cystic fibrosis (CF) Triangle (PAT) Tonic-clonic seizures Dilated cardiomyopathy Pertussis Tripoding (DCM) Petechial Vasoconstriction Epiglottitis Pneumonia Ventilation-perfusion Gastrostomy tube Purpuric mismatch Pyloric stenosis Ventricular shunt Generalized seizures Respiratory arrest Von Willebrand disease Grunting Respiratory distress Objectives: DOT Objectives EMS Education Standards
TARGET SKILLS: Age-related assessment findings, age related anatomic and physiologic variations, and developmental stage related assessment and treatment modifications for pediatric-specific major or common diseases and/or emergencies to include: Upper airway obstruction Lower airway reactive disease Foreign body (upper and lower) airway obstructions Respiratory distress/failure/arrest Seizures Sudden infant syndrome Gastrointestinal disease Bacterial tracheitis Asthma Bronchiolitis Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Pneumonia Croup Epiglottitis Hyperglycemia Hypoglycemia Pertussis Cystic fibrosis Bronchopulmonary dysplasia Congenital heart diseases Hydrocephalus and ventricular shunts Key Terminology: Absence seizures Acrocyanosis Apparent life-threatening event (ALTE) Bacterial tracheitis Blow-by technique Bronchiolitis Bronchopulmonary dysplasia Central venous catheter abuse Child protective service (CPS) Complex febrile seizures Complex partial seizures Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) Congenital heart disease Croup Cystic fibrosis (CF) Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) Epiglottitis Gastrostomy tube Generalized seizures Grunting Hemophilia Hydrocephalus Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) Hypopituitarism Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) Intussusception Malrotation with volvulus Meckel diverticulum Meningitis Mottling Myocarditis Muchal rigidity Obtunded Ossification centers Panhypopituitarism Partial seizures Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT) Pertussis Petechial Pneumonia Purpuric Pyloric stenosis Respiratory arrest Respiratory distress Respiratory failure Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Retractions Sepsis Sickle cell disease (SCD) Simple febrile seizures Simple partial seizures Sniffing position Status epilepticus Subglottic space Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) Synchronized cardioversion Tenting Thrombocytopenia Thrombosis Tonic-clonic seizures Tripoding Vasoconstriction Ventilation-perfusion mismatch Ventricular shunt Von Willebrand disease Objectives: DOT Objectives EMS Education Standards
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