New pediatric emergency scenarios encourage us to propose new refresher programs that meet the real needs of experienced professionals, so that they can implement advances in emergency patient care for children"

This Pediatric Emergency Nursing program includes theoretical knowledge and updates, but also provides instruction in pediatric advanced life support techniques, pediatric airway management, venous access and administration of drugs in appropriate doses, or immobilization of the pediatric polytraumatized patient, among other skills, to ensure immediate and high-quality care in the pediatric age group. 

Furthermore, the fact that pediatric patient are different to adult emergency patients in a number of ways, necessitates education for pediatric emergency services and nursing professionals who work in them, in order to provide individualized and quality health care. 

As such, it is necessary to update nursing professionals so that they have the competencies, skills and attitudes that will enable them to approach and pediatric emergencies in all forms and at all levels of care. 

This professional master’s degree in Pediatric Emergency Nursing, offers professionals the opportunity to get up to date in the approach and intervention of the most important pediatric emergencies, establishing key elements for the care of patients in critical condition and the implementation of different emergency care diagnostic and treatment techniques. In addition, it addresses organizational aspects of pediatric emergency services and the provision of personnel and material, with emphasis on their differential characteristics.

This professional master’s degree in Pediatric Emergency Nursing includes real clinical cases and exercises to bring the development of the program to daily practice"

This professional master’s degree in Pediatric Emergency Nursing contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• Clinical cases presented by experts in the different specialties
• Its graphic, schematic and eminently practical content is designed to provide scientific and healthcare information in the medical disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• New diagnostic-therapeutic developments on the nursing professional's actions in the most frequent pediatric emergencies, both cardiorespiratory and infectious, digestive, neurological, etc., with specific sections in each module on nursing techniques and procedures according to age: airway aspiration, gastric lavage in poisoning, catheterization, immobilization of the polytraumatized patient, among others
• Includes pediatric nursing triage, and pediatric advanced life support techniques, based on the latest ILCOR 2015 recommendations
• Workshops on invasive techniques for the critically ill patient that are essential to work with in the emergency department: how to perform an intraosseous puncture, which drugs and doses to prepare in the rapid intubation sequence, how to manage a difficult airway, etc. 
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• Clinical practice guidelines for each emergency. These guides follow the scientific and pedagogical criteria of the scientific societies of reference in emergency medicine
• All of this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content available from any device with Internet connection

This professional master’s degree is the best investment you can make when selecting a refresher program, for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Pediatric Emergency Nursing, you will obtain a qualification issued by TECH Technological University"

This professionalizing program is designed to update nursing professionals who develop their functions in the field of pediatric patient emergency care, and who require a high level of qualification. The contents are based on the latest scientific evidence, and oriented in an educational way to integrate theoretical knowledge into nursing practice, and the theoretical-practical elements will facilitate knowledge updates and decision-making in patient management.

Thanks to the multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, nursing professionals will benefit from situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive learning programmed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this reason, students will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in pediatric emergencies with extensive teaching experience.

Expand your knowledge through this professional master’s degree in Pediatric Emergency Nursing, in a practical way and adapted to your needs"

This professional master’s degree gives you the opportunity to practice in simulated environments, which provide immersive learning programmed to train in real situations"

This program is oriented towards effectively updating the physician's knowledge of Nursing Professionals, in order to provide quality care based on the latest scientific evidence that guarantees patient safety.

This refresher program will generate a sense of confidemce when practising nursing, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General Objective

• Provide an update on the necessary expertise in Pediatric Emergency Nursing, in order to enhance the quality and safety of practice when approaching different techniques and nursing procedures for the most frequent pediatric emergencies

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Health Care Organization for Common Pediatric Emergencies

• Describe the procedures that nurses can perform to safely resolve potentially dangerous situations

Module 2. Common Advanced Pediatric and Neonatal Cardiovascular Support

• Identify newborn patients and heart condition 
• Know how to provide first aid in the event of a complication in pediatric patients 
• Develop an action plan for cardiovascular emergencies

Module 3. Invasive Techniques in Common Critically Ill Pediatric Patients

• Define a guide with the first aid and treat them in the most prudent way possible 
• Perform emergency medical examinations 
• Identify the main invasive techniques 

Module 4. Cardiologic Emergencies

• Perform a quick general check of the patient's condition 
• Identify the implements involved in cardiac processes 
• Know the steps to follow in an emergency of this magnitude 

Module 5. Respiratory Emergencies

• Carry out the correct sequence of basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers 
• Carry out advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers according to the latest life support recommendations 

Module 6. Pediatric Trauma and Osteoarticular Injuries

• Define the main unintentional injuries 
• Identify the injury and possible treatment 
• Develop a preventive guide to the most frequently occurring injuries 
• Indicate the management and treatment  methods for wounds and burns

Module 7. Unintentional Injuries. Child Accidents

• Identify the main osteoarticular injuries 
• Check joints that are most prone to injury 
• Specify evaluation and treatment priorities in traumatized children and the characteristics of pediatric patients in general 

Module 8. Neurological Emergencies

• Recognize the main neurological diseases 
• Develop a preventive guide to identify good care to prevent neurological disease 
• Perform periodic evaluations to know the patient's diagnosis 
• Establish the correlation between the different types of brain damage and their clinical manifestations 
• Describe the diagnostic process, assessment and care of pediatric patients with traumatic brain injury 

Module 9. Digestive Emergencies

• Identify the main digestive emergencies 
• Review the patient's diet 
• Increase the ability to manage the acutely intoxicated child or adolescent
• Identify the most risky foods that lead to digestive pathologies 

Module 10. Endocrinometabolic Emergencies

• Know the patient's age and assess their development to date 
• Identify the main treatments for proper endocrine development 
• Identify the main problems affecting the patient's metabolism 

Module 11. Infectious Emergencies

• Identify the main infections and their occurrence in young patients 
• Identify the main tools that counteract infections when they are produced 
• Develop an action guide to treat infections 
• Analyze the specific action protocols by age for pediatric patients with a fever

Module 12. Ophthalmologic and Otorhinolaryngologic Emergencies

• Know the main ophthalmologic complications that a patient may present 
• Perform a correct diagnosis of the otorhinolaryngological system 
• Define the most common prevention techniques and treatments 

Module 13. Pediatric Skin Emergencies 

• Identify the main problems of the nephrourological system 
• Develop a preventive plan for the renal system 

Module 14. Nephrourological Emergencies

• Establish the differential organizational and management characteristics of pediatric emergency departments
• Describe sedoanalgesia procedure preparation and performance

Module 15. Special Situations in Pediatric Emergencies 

• Define the concept of pain, its types and methods of evaluation
• Recognize from major to minor emergencies that occur in patients 

Module 16. Update on Coronavirus Infections

• Identify the severity of and their presence in the young patient 
• Develop techniques to treat coronavirus emergencies 

Make the most of this opportunity and take the leap to get up to date on the latest developments in Pediatric Emergency Nursing”