Learn how to identify, initially treat and refer pediatric patients with emergency pathologies"

Like other medical specialties and subspecialties, Pediatric Emergencies has reached a high degree of development and professionalization in recent years. Therefore, the physician must be up-to-date to be able to practice pediatric emergency care services in an effective manner, providing initial care to the pediatric patient in a comprehensive manner by basing his or her performance on the latest scientific evidence. 

For this reason, knowledge must be constantly updated through programs aimed at reinforcing their functions, both in recognizing and initially resolving the emergency, and in focusing, orienting and correctly directing situations in the face of pathologies that can be delayed. 

The training of the Pediatric Emergencies physician should include the updating of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, such as airway management, peripheral and central line approach or immobilization of trauma and burn patients, to ensure rapid and safe care in all pediatric ages. In addition, it should include organizational aspects of pediatric emergency services and the provision of personnel and material, with emphasis on their differential characteristics. 

This program offers the physician updated knowledge on the most important Pediatric Emergencies, establishing the keys for the care of the critically ill patient, and the approach to the different diagnostic and treatment techniques of emergency care in the pediatric age. 

Get to know the systematized action plans for the most frequent emergencies in children and improve your ability to make decisions with safety and precision"

This professional master’s degree in Pediatric Emergencies contains the most complete and updated scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• More than 100 clinical cases, presented by experts in the different specialities
• Its graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents contain scientific and practical information on the medical disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• The most frequent diagnostic-therapeutic novelties on pediatric emergency procedures; it also incorporates new contents: emergency electrocardiography, sedoanalgesia in emergencies, echoescopies in emergencies, protocol of action in case of infectious diseases, etc.
• The presentation of practical workshops on procedures, diagnosis, and treatment techniques
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Increase your decision-making confidence by updating your knowledge through this professional master’s degree” 

The teaching staff includes professionals from the field of Pediatric Emergencies, who bring their experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive , training experience designed to train students for real-life situations.

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, where the medical professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this purpose, the specialist will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in treating child patients urgently and with extensive experience. 

This professional master’s degree in Pediatric Emergencies will help you keep up to date in order to provide complete and quality care to patients in critical situations" 

This academic program is the best investment you can make if you are planning to specialize in Pediatric Emergencies"

With the launch of this academic program, TECH, pursues the creation of professionals capable of facing the work in Pediatric Emergencies, focused on achieving an effective update of the doctor's knowledge, to be able to perform quality care that, based on the latest scientific evidence, is able to guarantee the safety and health of the pediatric patient. In short, the objective of the largest online university is to contribute to the increase in the quality of service in Pediatric Emergencies. 

This refresher program will generate a sense of security in the performance of medical practice, which will help you grow personally and professionally"

General objective

• To update the physician on advanced life support, diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for pediatric patients with urgent pathology, in order to provide emergency care that will improve the child's prognosis and the care of the family

Specific objectives

• Identify the different elements of the equipment in the pediatric emergency department
• Practice patient selection according to the different triage systems
• Describe pediatric critical patient transport systems
• Identify the signs and symptoms of the main apparently lethal syndromes, as well as recognize the critically ill child
• Update the latest recommendations for the performance of basic and advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers and complete upper airway clearance of a foreign body
• Review the different routes of drug administration and their indication in each case
• To establish the procedures for performing Capnography and Pulse Oximetry, as well as to review the indications for oxygen therapy in pediatric patients, according to the latest scientific evidence
• Identify the main aspects of pediatric airway establishment, rapid intubation sequence, difficult airway and new facilitator devices
• Establish the phases, characteristics and development of the sedoanalgesia procedure 
• Incorporate intraosseous puncture as a frequently used technique in pediatric emergency departments
• Review the protocols for dealing with infant deaths
• Describe the main signs and symptoms of cardiac pathologies, arrhythmias, syncope, heart failure and congenital heart disease
• Incorporate frequently used techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac pathologies, such as rapid ECG reading, electrical cardioversion for the management of tachyarrhythmias and cardiac defibrillation
• Addressing respiratory pathology in the newborn, in the light of the latest scientific evidence
• Describe the main signs and symptoms of respiratory tract pathologies in the child, and the approach to acute pharyngotonsillitis, laryngitis or croup, spasmodic croup, otitis and sinusitis
• Determine the procedures for the management of the child with asthma and chronic cough, and the different diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, such as airway aspiration, thoracentesis and placement of the pleural tube, forced spirometry and bronchodynamic test
• Review the diagnostic process, assessment and care of the pediatric patient with traumatic brain injury
• Incorporate into medical practice the priorities of evaluation and treatment of the traumatized child and the characteristics of pediatric patients
• Develop and practice the sequences in the different workshops on mobilization and immobilization of the trauma patient, functional bandaging, casting and reduction of painful pronation
• Learn medical procedures to safely resolve potentially dangerous situations
• To analyze the specific protocols of action by age for pediatric patients with fever
• To establish the correlation between the different types of brain damage and their clinical manifestations
• Learn about the protocol for the care of abused children
• Increase the ability to manage the acutely intoxicated child or adolescent 
• Determine the management procedures for children with anaphylactic reactions and their severity, clinical manifestations and diagnostic procedures
• Describe the main signs and symptoms of pathologies of neurological etiology in children
• Review procedures for lumbar puncture and ventriculoperitoneal shunt puncture techniques
• To determine the novelties in the management of celiac disease in children
• Learn the methods for the management and treatment of wounds and burns
• Learn the differential organizational and management characteristics of pediatric emergency departments
• Address the management procedures of the child with food refusal and relate it to the different digestive pathologies
• Review the latest advances in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for the different hepatitis virus infections: HAV, HBV, HCV, HDV, HEV
• Incorporate the techniques of incarcerated hernia reduction, gastric catheterization and the management of the child with ostomy
• Describe the main aspects of endocrinometabolic pathologies in children
• Review advances in the management of HPV, herpes simplex and shingles viral infections in children
• Review advances in the management of fungal infections, tinea, candidiasis and pityriasis versicolor
• Analyze new developments in the management of children with ophthalmologic and otorhinolaryngologic problems
• Update knowledge in infectious diseases in children and the management of immunocompromised children
• Describe the main advances in the management of the child with nephrourological problems, incorporating the techniques of urine collection, suprapubic puncture and bladder catheterization, according to updated clinical guidelines

Acquire the necessary skills to specialize in this field and give a boost to your profession"