Pediatric Advanced Transport Course (PATC) 2024

Pediatric Advanced Transport Course (PATC) is organized by Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) and will be held from May 21 - 22, 2024 at Unity Point Life Flight, Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the professional responsibilities associated with patient transport.
• Identify the importance of early recognition of high risk ill and injured pediatric patients.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary for the assessment and management of critically ill and injured pediatric patients.
• List management priorities in the ill and injured pediatric patient.

Course topics include:

• Transport Physiology
• Safety
• Anatomy, Physiology and Growth & Development
• Pulmonary Disorders
• Cardiac Disorders
• Neurologic and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
• Shock and Sepsis
• Accidental and Non-accidental Trauma
• Surgical Emergencies
• Legal Aspects of Transport and MCI Disaster
• Burns
• Airway and Ventilatory Management
• GI, GU, Renal, Endocrine, Hematology Oncology Disorders
• Transplant Considerations
• High Risk Obstetrics and Neonatology