New EMS Course: Pediatric Seizures

Delivering timely and effective pre-hospital care to pediatric patients experiencing seizures is critical for EMS providers. Knowing what to look for, understanding common causes, and managing treatment are all essential to providing life-saving care for this common condition seen in pediatric patients.

To support EMS professionals who provide essential emergency care to some of our most vulnerable members, Vector Solutions is proud to announce the release of a brand new online training course developed by LA County EMS, Pediatric Seizures. Complete this continuing education course to learn more about the management of pediatric seizures in a prehospital setting.

Seizures are commonly encountered when treating pediatric patients, and proper management of pediatric seizures is critically important. This course discusses how to identify types of pediatric seizures, how to manage the airway and breath, what neurological and circulatory status to check for, steps for managing different types of seizures, and more.

By the end of this self-paced online training course, you will be able to:

• Define pediatric seizure and status epilepticus
• Describe presentations of seizure and status epilepticus in pediatric patients
• Describe common underlying causes for pediatric seizure
• Identify active seizures in pediatric patients
• Describe management priorities for pediatric seizures
• Review recent literature on EMS pediatric seizure management

Catalog - EMS/CAPCE

Approvals received for:

• CAPCE (AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY)
• EMS States PA, VA

Available for:

• EMS State TX

Pending approvals:

• EMS States FL, NJ
• Alberta EMS

For more EMS continuing education courses, please visit our EMS Course Catalog.