EMT-Basic/Pediatrics

Lesson 6.1: Infants and Children

Objectives
By the end of this lesson, the EMT-Basic should be able to:
 * 1) Identify the developmental considerations for the following age groups: infants, toddlers, pre-school, school age, and adolescent.
 * 2) Describe the differences in anatomy and physiology between infant, child, and adult patients.
 * 3) Differentiate the response of the ill or injured infant or child from that of an adult.
 * 4) Indicate various causes of respiratory emergencies.
 * 5) Differentiate between respiratory distress and respiratory failure.
 * 6) List the steps in the management of foreign body airway obstruction.
 * 7) Summarize the emergency medical care strategies for respiratory distress and respiratory failure.
 * 8) Identify the signs and symptoms of hypoperfusion in the infant and child patient.
 * 9) Describe the methods of determining end organ perfusion in the infant and child patient.
 * 10) State the usual cause of cardiac arrest in infants and children versus adults.
 * 11) List the common causes of seizures in infants and children.
 * 12) Describe the management of seizures in infant and child patients.
 * 13) Differentiate between the injury patterns in adults, infants, and children.
 * 14) Discuss the field management of the infant and child trauma patient.
 * 15) Summarize the indicators of possible child abuse and neglect.
 * 16) Describe medical/legal responsibilities in suspected child abuse.
 * 17) Recognize the need for EMT-Basic debriefing following difficult infant or child transport.
 * 18) Explain the rationale for having knowledge and skills appropriate for dealing with infant and child patients.
 * 19) Attend to the feelings of the family when dealing with an ill or injured infant or child patient.
 * 20) Understand the EMT-Basic's own emotional response to caring for ill or injured infants and children.
 * 21) Demonstrate the techniques of foreign body airway obstruction removal in the infant.
 * 22) Demonstrate the techniques of foreign body airway obstruction removal in the child.
 * 23) Demonstrate the assessment of the infant and child.
 * 24) Demonstrate bag-valve-mask artificial ventilation of the infant.
 * 25) Demonstrate bag-valve-mask artificial ventilation of the child.
 * 26) Demonstrate oxygen delivery for the infant and child.