Below are Presentation Summary Sheets that can be used when applying to the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) to offer credit
for a PEPP BLS course. For complete information on applying to ENA for credit, contact ENA directly:
Emergency Nurses Association
915 Lee Street
Des Plaines, IL 60016-6569
Phone: 847/460-4000
Fax: 847/460-4001
Web address: www.ena.org
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EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION
CONTINUING EDUCATION ACTIVITY CONTENT OUTLINE FORM
FOR
PEDIATRIC EDUCATION FOR PREHOSPITAL PROFESSIONALS (PEPP) BASIC LIFE SUPPORT
Presentation Title: Pediatric Assessment Triangle Video
Objective
Identify features of a child’s initial
appearance based on the Pediatric
Assessment Triangle (PAT).
Speaker:
Outline
1. What is the Pediatric Assessment Triangle
(PAT)
2. How PAT is used
3. How to assess a child’s appearance using PAT
4. How to assess a child’s work of breathing
using PAT
5. How to assess a child’s circulation to skin
using PAT
6. Application of PAT to case studies
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Date of Presentation:
Time
15
minutes
Speaker
Method
Video
Presentation Title: Child Development: Applying the Triangle Lecture
Speaker:
Date of Presentation:
Objective
Outline
Case studies involving the following:
 Describe key developmental
1. Development and assessment of an infant
characteristics for different age
2. Development and assessment of a toddler
groups.
3. Development and assessment of a child
4. Development and assessment of an adolescent
Case studies involving the following:
 Apply the PAT to children of a
1. Development and assessment of an infant
variety of ages.
2. Development and assessment of a toddler
3. Development and assessment of a child
4. Development and assessment of an adolescent
Case studies involving the following:
 Employ age-appropriate
1. Development and assessment of an infant
assessment techniques.
2. Development and assessment of a toddler
3. Development and assessment of a child
4. Development and assessment of an adolescent
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Time
45
minutes
Speaker
Method
Lecture
Presentation Title: Skill Video
Speaker:
Objective
Observe and recall the process for
performing the following skills:
Date of Presentation:
Outline
Time
15
minutes

Managing foreign body airway
obstruction in infants and children
1. How an airway obstruction may occur
2. Basic life support maneuvers to remove
obstruction
3. Assess patient after removal of object

Proper use of oral and
nasopharyngeal airways to
maintain a patent airway

Performing bag-valve –mask
ventilation

Spinal Immobilization
1.
2.
3.
4.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
When it is appropriate to use NP or OP
Cautions
How to determine size
How to insert
When to be used
Equipment needed
Selecting the correct size
How to ventilate using the BVM
How to perform the 2 rescuer technique
How to assess effectiveness
Indications for spinal immobilization
Equipment needed
Sizing equipment
Immobilizing the child
How to reassess child
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Speaker
Method
Video
Presentation Title: Skill Station 1
Speaker:
Date of Presentation:
Objective
Outline
Each student will practice each of the
following skills with faculty providing
feedback:
1. Why an OP is used
 Sizing and placing oropharyngeal
2. Brief literature review
airway
3. Practice sizing and inserting OP airways

Sizing and placing a
nasopharyngeal airway

Bag-valve-mask ventilation

Airway obstruction management
and removal of an airway foreign
body
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
Why an NP is used
Brief literature review
Practice sizing and inserting NP airways
Why BVM is used
Brief literature review
Practice sizing and using a BVM on a manikin
Hazards of foreign body airway obstruction
Brief literature review
Practice removing foreign body airway
obstruction from a manikin.
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Time
30
minutes
Speaker
Method
Skill
practice
Presentation Title: Skill Station 2
Speaker:
Date of Presentation:
Objective
Outline
Each student will practice each of the
following skills with faculty providing
feedback:

Immobilization techniques
Time
30
minutes
1. Indications for spine immobilization brief
literature review
2. Case study of child with potential spinal
injury
3. Practice spinal immobilization on a manikin
4. Transport issues
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Speaker
Method
Skill
Station
Presentation Title: Respiratory Emergencies Lecture
Speaker:
Date of Presentation:
Objective
Outline
Differentiate between the categories of 1. Categories of respiratory dysfunction:
respiratory dysfunction.
a. Respiratory Distress
b. Respiratory failure
c. Respiratory arrest
Describe the assessment of a child
with respiratory compromise.
Determine the treatment priorities for
pediatric patients with respiratory
emergencies.
1. Case of 9-month-old infant with respiratory
distress
2. Case of 2-year-old toddler with abnormal
breathing
1. Case of 9-month-old infant with respiratory
distress
2. Case of 2-year-old toddler with abnormal
breathing
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Time
30
Speaker
Method
Lecture
Presentation Title: Child Maltreatment Lecture
Speaker:
Date of Presentation:
Objective
Outline
 Describe factors that may increase 1. Children of low-income families are at higher
risk
the risk of child maltreatment in a
2. Drug or alcohol use in the home increases risk
family.

List features in the history and
physical assessment that may
suggest child maltreatment or
neglect.
1.
2.
3.
4.

Describe the pre-hospital
professional’s legal responsibility
to document and report suspected
child maltreatment or neglect.
1. Recognize suspicious circumstances
2. Provide appropriate medical care and transport
3. Communicate with family and with other
health professionals
4. Document findings and report suspicion of
maltreatment or neglect.
Clues in the environment
Behavior of the Child or caregiver
History by the child and caregiver
Physical condition of the child
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Time
30
Speaker
Method
Lecture
Presentation Title: Child & Family Interaction Scenario
Speaker:
Date of Presentation:
Objective
Outline
Apply communication strategies to a
1. Case of a 3 month old apneic infant
variety of pediatric cases
2. Case of a unresponsive 10 month old boy with
a hostile parent
3. Case of a 16 year old with a drug overdose
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Time
30
minutes
Speaker
Method
Scenario
Presentation Title: Children with Special Health Care Needs Scenario
Speaker:
Date of Presentation:
Objective
Outline
Apply assessment and treatment
1. Case of a 4 year old girl with an indwelling
techniques to a variety of cases
central line
involving children with special health 2. Case of a 12 year old boy with ventriculocare needs
peritoneal shunt malfunction
3. Case of a 3 year old child with sickle cell
disease.
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Time
30
minutes
Speaker
Method
Scenario
Presentation Title: Trauma Lecture
Speaker:
Date of Presentation:
Objective
Outline
Explain the unique anatomic features
1. Anatomic/physiologic differences
of children that predispose to injuries. 2. Clinical correlation
Order the initial assessment of the
injured child.
Integrate the essential trauma
interventions in the ABCDEs.
1. Case of a 5 year old boy who fell from a
window
a. assessment
b. management
c. transport
2. Case of 14 year old boy with gunshot wound
a. assessment
b. management
c. transport
1. Case of a 5 year old boy who fell from a
window
a. assessment
b. management
c. transport
2. Case of 14 year old boy with gunshot wound
a. assessment
b. management
c. transport
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Time
30 min
Speaker
Method
lecture
Presentation Title: Trauma Scenario
Speaker:
Date of Presentation:
Objective
Apply assessment and treatment
techniques to a variety of trauma
scenarios
Outline
1. Case of a 3-year-old child who was struck by a
car.
2. Case of a 2-year-old victim of a house fire.
3. Case of a motor vehicle collision involving
several victims.
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Time
30
Speaker
Method
scenario
Presentation Title: Medical Emergencies Scenarios
Speaker:
Objective
Apply assessment and treatment
techniques to a variety of scenarios
involving medical emergencies
Date of Presentation:
Outline
1. Case of a 4 year old boy with a seizure
2. Case of a 12 year old boy with asthma
3. Case of 14 year old girl with toxic ingestion
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Time
30
Speaker
Method
scenario
Presentation Title: Emergency Delivery & Newborn Stabilization Scenarios
Speaker:
Date of Presentation:
Objective
Outline
Apply assessment and treatment
Case of a woman in labor
techniques to a case of a normal
1. assess patient
vaginal delivery
2. Decide to transport or deliver on scene
3. steps for delivery
4. Assessing the newborn
5. Potential complications
Apply assessment and treatment
1. Case of a well newborn
techniques to a case of a well newborn
a. assessment
and an apneic newborn and an apneic
b. treatment
newborn with decrease heart rate
2. Case of an apneic newborn
a. assessment
b. treatment
3. Case of an apneic newborn with decrease heart
rate
a. assessment
b. treatment
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Time
30
Speaker
Method
scenario
Presentation Title: Cardiovascular Emergencies Scenarios
Speaker:
Date of Presentation:
Objective
Apply assessment and treatment
techniques to a variety of cases
involving cardiovascular emergencies
Outline
1. Case of 5 month old infant with dehydration
2. Case of a 3 year old child discovered at the
bottom of a pool
3. Case of 15 year old in cardiac arrest
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Time
30
Speaker
Method
scenario
Presentation Title: Written Test
Speaker:
Objective
Date of Presentation:
Outline
15-question multiple-choice test
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Time
15
minutes
Speaker
Method
written
test
Presentation Title: Course Coordinator Orientation
Speaker:
Date of Presentation:
Objective
Outline
Preparing to teach a PEPP course:
Prepare to conduct a PEPP Course.
1. Responsibilities of the PEPP Course
Coordinator
2. Role of the Medical Advisor
3. Difference between PEPP ALS and BLS
course
4. How to arrange for students to receive
continuing education credits for taking PEPP
5. How to register your course with the AAP
6. PEPP materials and how to order
7. How to prepare a course budget
Select and recruit faculty for a PEPP
course
Selecting PEPP Faculty
1. requirements
2. responsibilities
Conduct a PEPP course
Information from the PEPP Instructor Manual
Administrative Section:
1.
Review of PEPP course components:
-Lectures
-Skill Stations
-Scenarios
-Video
2. How to conduct a Course Coordinator
orientation
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Time
90
minutes
Speaker
Method
Lecture
and
discussi
on
Submit appropriate PEPP paperwork
to the American Academy of
Pediatrics
PEPP Paperwork
1. How to administer the PEPP written tests
2. How to complete a PEPP course roster on
paper and on line
3. submitting evaluation forms the first time a
Course Coordinator coordinates a course.
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