LIVE VIRTUAL: 10th Annual Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care Transport Team Conference (3/15/2025)
$50.00 – $75.00
Date: March 15, 2025
Location: Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Time: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
This course provides clinicians with the latest evidence-based recommendations and innovations in pediatric healthcare needed to care for the critically ill child during inter-facility transport and throughout hospitalization. Presented by highly skilled practitioners and content experts in Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Transport. The course is formatted to engage learners through virtual instructor led lectures and Q&A with presenters.
Description
This course provides clinicians with the latest evidence-based recommendations and innovations in pediatric healthcare needed to care for the critically ill child during inter-facility transport and throughout hospitalization. Presented by highly skilled practitioners and content experts in Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Transport. The course is formatted to engage learners through virtual instructor led lectures and Q&A with presenters.
Course Format
This course will be fully virtual and presented via Zoom.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:
- Identify key points in the care of critically ill pediatric/neonatal patients during interfacility transport
- Apply updated evidence-based management strategies for acute illness and injury in children and neonates
- Describe existing strategies for surveillance and response to deterioration in hospitalized children
- Identify opportunities for system engineering and technology improvements to enhance patient safety and care
- Describe strategies for effective communication that promote resiliency and enhance team cohesion
To register, please click on the register tab above. If this is your first time registering for a conference at Boston Children’s Hospital, you will need to create an account. Returning users can log in to their account to complete the registration process.
All Healthcare Providers: $75.00
Students and BCH Staff: $50.00
Pre-registration is required. Once you have registered you will receive a confirmation email with a registration receipt. Course access instructions will be sent a few days prior to the course launch. If you have questions or need assistance with registration, please direct all inquiries to cmedepartment@childrens.harvard.edu.
Online Course Cancellation, Transfer & Refund Policy
Due to the propriety materials and content of each course, online virtual courses orders are NOT eligible for refund, cancellation or transfer.
Other Terms and Conditions:
Online training courses may NOT be transferred to another Participant. Participants have 6 weeks to access any virtual online course content. Participants have until the expiration date to access and complete any enduring material courses. Boston Children’s Hospital CE is not responsible for user technical difficulties including loss of internet, power outages, etc.
Cancellation of Services
Although highly unlikely, in case an event is canceled or postponed, Boson Children’s can provide a full refund or offer a credit towards future events to those who have already registered.
Refund Policy
Refunds will be made in the following ways: For payments received by credit or debit cards, the same credit/debit card will be refunded.
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Boston Children’s Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nurse
Boston Children’s Hospital designates this activity for 7.5 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Emergency Service
Approved for 7.5 continuing education hours (Basic, Advanced, Paramedic levels) by Region IV of the Metropolitan Boston Emergency Medical Services Council. *in accordance with the Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) requirements, all levels of EMT are required to complete and end-of-course examination.
Disclosure Policy
Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to all ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies. It is Boston Children’s policy that those who have influenced the content of a CE activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that Boston Children’s may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.
Disclosure Statement
The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves, have reported the following relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients:
Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships
Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.
Additional information
Credit Type | AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (MD, DO, NP, PA), Contact Hours (Nurse, Nurse Practitioner) |
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![]() Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine; Associate Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Instructor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School |
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Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Director, Section on EMS and Prehospital Care
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Assistant Medical Director, Critical Care Transport Program, Chief Safety Officer, Program for Patient Safety and Quality, Co-Chair, Resuscitation Quality Program, Associate Chief, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Associate Professor of Anesthesia (Pediatrics), Harvard Medical School
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Medical Director, Critical Care Transport Program, Associate, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
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Staff Nurse III, Critical Care Transport Program, Boston Children’s Hospital |
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Assistant in Critical Care Medicine and Perioperative Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
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Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Schedule
Saturday, March 15, 2025 | ||
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Welcome and Introduction 8 AM – 8:05 AM Sarah Smith McAlvin, PhD, RN, CPNP |
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Transcatheter PDA Closure in Premature Neonates – How did we get here, where are we now, and where are we going? 8:05 AM – 8:45 AM Michael Farias, MD
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Strengthening the Safety Net for Hospitalized Children 8:45 AM – 9:35 AM Monica Kleinman, MD
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Difficult Airways Outside the OR Setting 9:35 AM – 10:15 AM Aaron Spicer, MD
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Break 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM |
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Updates in Pediatric Resuscitation 10:30 AM – 11:10 AM Robert Hoffman, MD
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Update on Neonatal Brain Injury: Assessment and Treatment 11:10 AM – 11:55 AM Brian Kalish, MD
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Lunch 11:55 AM – 12:25 PM |
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Surf and Turf: Land and Marine Envenomation’s 12:25 PM – 1:05 PM Michael Toce, MD
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The Power of a Curious Mindset in Effective Communication, Team Cohesion, and Conflict Resiliency 1:05 PM – 1:50 PM Jennifer Mahony, JD
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Evolution in the Management of Febrile Young Infants 1:50 PM – 2:35 PM Kate Dorney, MD
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Break 2:35 PM – 2:50 PM |
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Pediatric Trauma: Prehospital Management and ED Stabilization 2:50 PM – 3:30 PM Caitlin Farrell, MD
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Transport Case Reviews 3:30 PM – 4:25 PM Jordan Rettig, MD
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Closing/Q&A 4:25 PM – 4:30 PM Jennifer McNamara, RN, MSN, CPNP |