Welcome to "Small Victims, Big Challenges: Pediatric Triage, Treatment and Recovery for Emergencies" instructed by Mark Cicero, M.D. This course is presented in 4 streaming video clips available in Windows Media Player format.
CME Credit:
Area Health Education Center of Southern Nevada is accredited by the Nevada State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Area Health Education Center of Southern Nevada designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA APR Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
"Small Victims, Big Challenges: Pediatric Triage, Treatment and Recovery for Emergencies" was originated in October 2006, and will be reviewed on a yearly basis for correctness and currency of content. The current authorization period for this program expires in October 2009.
CE Credit:
This program has been approved by the EMS Section of the Nevada State Division and Southern Nevada Health District EMS Division for 2.0 contact hours of continuing education. Area Health Education Center of Southern Nevada approves this program 2.0 hours of nursing continuing education credit.
At the conclusion of this course participants will be able to:
- Identify required and desirable personnel, equipment and infrastructure for pediatric disaster preparedness;
- Demonstrate the ability to triage children who are victims of multiple casualty incidents (MCIs) using internationally accepted criteria (JumpSTART);
- Describe and identify clinical manifestations and appropriate treatment for pediatric victims of natural and human-caused disasters;
- Summarize the mental health needs of infants, children and adolescents in disaster victims;
- Identify key elements for designing an exercise for children and children with special needs; and
- Apply lessons learned into new and updated plans, procedures, treatment, preparedness, response and recovery.
Item number one below contains the video clips for this course. After viewing the 4 video clips in your selected format, please proceed to item number two, the post-test. Item number three below is a program evaluation. The data collected from the evaluation form will help us to create and refine our courses and educational materials to meet your needs. Also, this data will be used to document activities for grant writing and reporting purposes. Your participation is extremely important to reporting and future funding. Upon successful completion of the post-test and evaluation form, your certificate will be mailed to you.
If you should require any assistance with this on-line course please e-mail us at phpwebclass@snahec.org or call us at 702-318-8452 or 1-877-318-AHEC (2432) and ask to speak with the Continuing Education Program.
This program is supported by Area Health Education Center of Southern Nevada through Grant #T01HP06397 from the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR). Its contents are soley the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of ASPR.
