10th Annual Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care Transport Team Conference (3/15/2025)
Course Credit
The following credit is available for this course:
| AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (MD, DO, NP, PA) | hours |
(Note: a course evaluation is required to receive credit for this course.)
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
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.
Kate Dorney, MD
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
Michael Farias, MD
Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Caitlin Farrell, MD
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
Robert Hoffmann, MD
Assistant in Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Brian Kalish, MD
Physician in Medicine, Division of Newborn Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Monica E. Kleinman, MD
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
Jennifer Mahony, JD
Ombuds Office Director at Boston Children’s Hospital
Jennifer McNamara, MSN, CPNP, CCRN, EMT
Staff Nurse III, Critical Care Transport Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
Jordan Rettig, MD
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
Sarah Smith McAlvin, PhD, RN, CPNP, CCRN
Staff Nurse III, Critical Care Transport Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
Aaron C. Spicer, MD, MAS
Assistant in Critical Care Medicine and Perioperative Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Michael Toce, MD
Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Add schedule in blocks
12:45PM – 1:00PM
Disclosures
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 CME 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.
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:
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