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Pediatric Trauma & Disaster Course
OVERVIEW:
This one-day, seven-hour course will focus on specific key topics in pediatric trauma care and hospital disaster preparedness and response for incidents involving children. The curriculum focuses on emergency department preparedness for receiving multiple pediatric patients, and on the acute assessment, diagnosis and stabilization of the severely injured child. This course serves as an overview of early hospital responder care for pediatric trauma and disasters with an emphasis on Alabama hazards and response capabilities. This course is directed toward physicians, first responders, first receivers, extended-practice nurses, nurses and administrators working in community emergency departments in Alabama who may be responding to critically injured children or to a mass casualty incident involving children.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- Describe the role of community hospitals in responding to disasters
- State pediatric factors which may predispose to injury during disasters
- Describe the initial stabilization and preparation for transport for the injured child
- Understand the importance of communication with receiving facilities
- State the rapid neurologic assessment for pediatric patients
COURSE INSTRUCTOR:
Mark Baker, MD, Assistant Professor, UAB School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Baker specializes in pediatric emergency medicine.
This one-day, seven-hour course will focus on specific key topics in pediatric trauma care and hospital disaster preparedness and response for incidents involving children. The curriculum focuses on emergency department preparedness for receiving multiple pediatric patients, and on the acute assessment, diagnosis and stabilization of the severely injured child. This course serves as an overview of early hospital responder care for pediatric trauma and disasters with an emphasis on Alabama hazards and response capabilities. This course is directed toward physicians, first responders, first receivers, extended-practice nurses, nurses and administrators working in community emergency departments in Alabama who may be responding to critically injured children or to a mass casualty incident involving children.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- Describe the role of community hospitals in responding to disasters
- State pediatric factors which may predispose to injury during disasters
- Describe the initial stabilization and preparation for transport for the injured child
- Understand the importance of communication with receiving facilities
- State the rapid neurologic assessment for pediatric patients
COURSE INSTRUCTOR:
Mark Baker, MD, Assistant Professor, UAB School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Baker specializes in pediatric emergency medicine.
This event is sponsored by the Alabama Department of Public Health's Center for Emergency Preparedness, the Department of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma, and the UAB South Central Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center
