Pediatric Emergency Medicine Course (PEMC)

Section I Recognition of Critical Illness
1. Recognition of Early Signs of Critical Illness in the Out Patient Department
Section II Airway
2. Basic Airway Management
3. Pharmacologically Assisted Intubation (PAI) in the PED
4. Assessment and Management of the Difficult Airway
5. Flow Inflating Ventilation Device:: Non-invasive CPAP in Settings Without Immediate Access to Mechanical Ventilation
Section III Approach to Stridor
6. Stridor
Section IV Breathing
7. Approach to Respiratory Distress
8. Management of an Asthmatic Exacerbation
9. Pulse Oximeter
Section V Circulation
10. General Approach to the Management of Shock
11. Intraosseous Access
12. Vasoactive Drugs in the ED
13. Approach to Acute Diarrhea and Shock in the ED
14. Cardiogenic Shock
15. Septic Shock
16. Approach to Recognition and Management of Dengue in the ED
17. Anaphylaxis
18. Cyanotic Spell
19. Hypertensive Emergencies
Section VI Disability
20. Approach to Decreased Level of Consciousness
21. Status Epilepticus
Section VII Envenomation
22. Scorpion Sting
23. Snake Bite Envenomation
Section VIII Poisoning
24. Poisoning:: General Approach
25. Specific Poisons
Section IX Trauma
26. Approach to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
27. Approach to Polytrauma
Section X Environmental Injury
28. Burns
29. Electrical Injury
30. Submersion Injury
Section XI Special Topics
31. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
32. Interpretation of Chest X-rays in Critically Ill Children
33. Procedural Sedation and Management of Pain in Children
34. Diabetic Ketoacidosis
35. Setting up Pediatric Resuscitation and Emergency Services
Section XII Procedures
36. Nebulizer Therapy
37. Needle Thoracocentesis and Thoracostomy
38. Pericardiocentesis
39. Cannulation of External Jugular Vein
40. Foley Catheter Insertion
41. Spinal Stabilization
Appendices
Appendices
Epilogue
Index