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by Robert A. Belfer, M.D., F.A.A.P. - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics; Director, Children and Adolescent Rapid Emergency Services, Children's Health Associates, Voorhees, NJ; David C. Brousseau, M.D., M.S. - Medical College of Wisconsin; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Milwaukee, WI; Marc H. Gorelick, M.D., M.S.C.E., F.A.A.P., F.A.C.E.P. - Medical College of Wisconsin; Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health; Jon E. Vice Chair, Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; and John M. Loiselle, M.D., F.A.A.P. - Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Department of Emergency Medicine and the Urgent Care Center, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE. |
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OVERALL OBJECTIVES: The overall objective is to provide the participant with practical and clinically relevant information. Upon completion of this CME activity, the physician or healthcare provider should be able to describe the current approach to formulating differential diagnoses, diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive management of the various disciplines presented.
| SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES FOR EACH TOPIC
| | TOPIC 1 | Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Head Trauma - Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
| 1. | Explain the initial approach to the child with a head injury.
| | 2. | Distinguish between those children at low and high risk for intracranial injury.
| | 3. | Identify an appropriate evaluation and treatment strategy for children with head injury of varying degrees of severity.
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| | TOPIC 2 | Orthopedic Conditions Above the Hip - Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
| 1. | Diagnose the Salter-Harris classification of fractures in the pediatric patient.
| | 2. | Initially manage fractures of the upper extremity and recognize when to refer to an Orthopedic Surgeon.
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| | TOPIC 3 | Managing Animal Bites - Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
| 1. | Identify those bites that are at particular risk of infection.
| | 2. | Summarize the arguments for and against the use of prophylactic antibiotics in specific bite wounds.
| | 3. | Match specific infecting organisms with the biting animal.
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| | TOPIC 4 | Accidents Will Happen? Evaluation of Suspected Physical Abuse in Children - Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
| 1. | Recognize common presentations of non-accidental trauma.
| | 2. | Plan the evaluation of the child with suspected non-accidental trauma.
| | 3. | Apply the principles of correct documentation for forensic purposes.
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