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SUDDEN
INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS) |
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Target
Audience
Paramedics, EMT's,
Firefighters, EMS/Fire
Administrators, EMS Educators,
Emergency
Nurses, First Responders and other
Allied
Health Professionals.
Program Scope
and Use
This program is designed to be a
continuing education tool to help
advanced providers enhance their
knowledge with alternative options
when involved in resuscitation
efforts. It is not intended as the
sole source of education for the new
advanced provider. This lesson is
self-study,
self-paced. When you
complete a particular section, use
the arrow buttons at the bottom of
the page to go back or advance to
the next slide.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the
student will be able to:
Define SIDS.
Describe the general population
characteristics of a probable SIDS
infant.
Describe the common physical
characteristics of a probable SIDS
infant.
Describe the typical scenario of a
probable SIDS.
Identify important actions which
should be initiated by an emergency
responder.
Identify potential responses of
parents to an infant death.
Identify potential responses of
emergency responders to an infant
death.
Identify common signs & symptoms of
Critical Incident Stress (CIS).
Identify strategies for decreasing
the impact of Critical Incident
Stress (CIS).
Identify community resources
available to parents.
Continuing
Education Hours
One Hour
Course Fee
$10.00
Faculty
John Todaro, REMT-P, RN, TNS
Ivan Mustafa, REMT-P, RN, BSN
Disclosures
John Todaro, REMT-P, RN, TNS has no
commercial affiliations to disclose.
Ivan Mustafa, REMT-P, RN, BSN has no
commercial affiliations to disclose.
The Emergency Medicine Learning &
Resource Center adheres to ACCME
standards regarding industry support
of continuing medical education, and
the disclosure of faculty and
commercial sponsor relationships (if
any) will be made known during the
educational activity. Faculty are
expected to openly disclose
inclusion of discussion on any
off-label, experimental or
investigative use of drugs, devices,
or equipment or any commercial
sponsorship relations in their
presentations.
CE
Participation Instructions
To participate in this program
for CE credit, please review the
objectives before beginning the
program. Register above for the
course whereby a link to the course,
post-test and self-assessment survey will
be provided via email. Take the
course, complete and pass the post-test
(70% minimum score) and
then complete the self-assessment survey to receive CE
credit. Your certificate will be
emailed to the email address you provide
during the course registration
process.
Accreditation
Paramedics and EMT’s - This
educational activity is approved by
the Emergency Medicine Learning &
Resource Center, an organization
accredited by the Continuing
Education Coordinating Board for
Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS)
and the Florida Department of
Health, Bureau of EMS. Participants
that require additional approval
should consult their local Medical
Director or State EMS Office.
Nurses - Up to 1 nursing contact
hour will be provided by the
Emergency Medicine Learning &
Resource Center (EMLRC).
The EMLRC is approved as a provider
of nursing education by the Florida
Board of Nursing, Provider #2731.
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