The Pediatric Trauma Balancing Act: Maximizing Patient Outcome and Efficiency While Minimizing Risk and Cost
• Be knowledgeable of patterns of injury in pediatric trauma patients
• Outline imaging guidelines to minimize radiation risk, but still achieve great outcome
• Discuss the role of labs in pediatric trauma care
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• Learn about the challenges of providing trauma care during the pandemic
• Look at changing patterns of traumatic injury during pandemic
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• Review the anatomy of the upper airway
• Recognize Prehospital determinants for an emergent airway
• Define the proper procedure for performing an emergent tracheotomy
• Examine actual details from a specific pre-trauma center tracheotomy case
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