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This case-based module equips EMS professionals with essential strategies for managing pediatric seizures in prehospital settings, ensuring timely and effective care for young patients experiencing seizures or status epilepticus. Seizures are a common emergency in pediatric patients, requiring EMS providers to act quickly and confidently. Understanding seizure presentations, causes, and management strategies is crucial to improving outcomes and minimizing complications in prehospital care. Enroll in this 40-minute module to enhance your ability to provide critical, evidence-based care for pediatric patients experiencing seizures in emergency situations.
What You Will Learn
- Define pediatric seizure and status epilepticus
- Recognize seizure presentations in pediatric patients
- Identify common underlying causes of pediatric seizures
- Assess and manage active seizures in prehospital settings
- Implement Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) priorities
- Review recent literature on EMS pediatric seizure management
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This case-based module equips EMS professionals with essential strategies for managing pediatric seizures in prehospital settings, ensuring timely and effective care for young patients experiencing seizures or status epilepticus. Seizures are a common emergency in pediatric patients, requiring EMS providers to act quickly and confidently. Understanding seizure presentations, causes, and management strategies is crucial to improving outcomes and minimizing complications in prehospital care. Enroll in this 40-minute module to enhance your ability to provide critical, evidence-based care for pediatric patients experiencing seizures in emergency situations.
What You Will Learn
- Define pediatric seizure and status epilepticus
- Recognize seizure presentations in pediatric patients
- Identify common underlying causes of pediatric seizures
- Assess and manage active seizures in prehospital settings
- Implement Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) priorities
- Review recent literature on EMS pediatric seizure management
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