Prehospital Pediatric Care Curriculum

The New York State EMSC Prehospital Pediatric Care Course (PPCC), a continuing education course for EMTs, was designed to reinforce or enhance the knowledge and skills of all prehospital providers in assessing and treating children in the field. Developed under contract with the Fire Department of New York, EMS Training Division, the PPCC provides EMS instructors and EMS agency training officers with a straight-forward, comprehensive curriculum that can be taught as a full-day course, or in modular form by chapter depending on specific topic needs.

The PPCC contains eight chapters. Each chapter includes Instructor Slides and notes in PowerPoint format and Student Guides in .pdf format. Most chapters include student handouts. In addition, the course includes case scenarios and a skills equipment list.

The New York State EMSC Prehospital Pediatric Care Course has been developed using generally-accepted prehospital pediatric care principles and protocols. However, it is not intended to replace or supercede regional prehospital medical protocols. Any discrepancy between what is presented in this curriculum and regional prehospital pediatric care protocols should be discussed with your regional emergency medical advisory committee and/or your agency Medical Director.

Lesson Instructor's
Power Point
Presentation		 Student Guide Handouts
Lesson 1:
Developmental Differences		 Developmental Differences Student Guide 1,
Developmental Differences		 Developmental Aspects of Pediatric Patients
Lesson 2:
Physical & Anatomical
Differences		 Physical & Anatomical Differences Student Guide 2,
Physical & Anatomical Differences
Lesson 3:
Pediatric Assessment		 Pediatric
Assesment		 Student Guide 3,
Pediatric Assesment		 Pediatric Assesment Tools
Pediatric CUPS
Lesson 4:
Respiratory Emergencies		 Respiratory Emergencies Student Guide 4, Respiratory Emergencies Respiratory Emergencies
Lesson 5:
Medical Emergencies		 Medical Emergencies Student Guide 5,
Medical Emergencies		 Shock
Cardio Pulmonary
Altered Mental Status
Seizures
Fever
Poisonings
Diabetic Emergencies
SIDS
Lesson 6:
Trauma		 Trauma Student Guide 6,
Trauma		 Injuries
Trauma
Near Drowning
Burns
Abuse / Neglect
Lesson 7:
Newborn Resuscitation		 Newborn Resuscitation Student Guide 7,
Newborn Resuscitation		 New Born Assesment
New Born CPR Skills
Lesson 8:
Children with Special
Healthcare Needs		 Children with Special
Healthcare Needs		 Student Guide 8,
Children with Special
Health Care Needs

In addition to the files above the following files are part of the PPCC Program:

If you do not have Microsoft Powerpoint on your computer, you will need to install a .ppt viewer. You can download this at Microsoft.Com.