January 13, 2022
New EMS Course: Pediatric Seizures
Industry:
Solution:
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.
Pediatric Seizures (1 Hour)
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.