Managing Pediatric School Health Emergencies in the School Setting

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Target Audience

school nurses

Description

This program is being offered in cooperation with UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing

This program will review the most common pediatric health emergencies seen in the school setting and basic physical assessment related to those health emergencies. This course is to help school nurses be aware of important elements to consider during a health emergency and be able to assess and triage ill children in the school setting. We will review basic physical assessment of the school age child in relation to body systems, and the instructor will demonstrate exam skills such as otoscopy, cranial nerve exams, and teen health history taking.

Speaker:
Andrea Biondi, DNP, NNP, CPNP, RN
Clinical Instructor
UNC Chapel Hill SON

Learning Outcome:
Participants will be able to recognize signs and symptoms and implement appropriate care/treatments for common pediatric health emergencies.

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Objectives

• Discuss the most commonly pediatric emergencies in the school setting.
• Identify red flags in the physical exam to look for during pediatric emergencies.
• Recognize triage skills in pediatric emergencies pertinent to the school nurse and school setting.
• Recognize of injury and illness based on age/development
• Describe a systematic approach to assessment of the ill or injured child
• Recognize life threatening respiratory conditions and priority interventions for the pediatric patient
• Discuss the types of shock and resuscitative measures in the pediatric population

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