Overview Puerto Rico is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States - not quite international. However, Pediatric Emergency Medicine services are not as robust as on the mainland. One of our former fellows, Dr. Ricardo Jimenez, established The Puerto Rico Pediatric Emergency Conference in 2005. It was the first forum in Puerto Rico for the discussion of topics in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and aimed to meet the educational needs of general pediatricians, emergency physicians, family physicians and general physicians looking to expand their understanding of the diagnosis and management on pediatric emergencies.
Discussions in Spanish and English have included the pathophysiology, diagnosis and management on head injuries, pediatric trauma, optimal triage, the febrile infant, pain management, procedural sedation and wound/laceration repair. The course provides continuing medical education credits and is submitted to the Offices of the University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine for continued medical education by the Examination Tribunal of Doctors.
3rd Puerto Rico Pediatric Emergency Medicine Symposium
Prior Topics
Sedation and Pain Management
Head Injury
Toxicology and ingestions
Laceration repair
Fractures and Dislocations
Respiratory distress
Dehydration Management
The immunocompromised patient
Cardiovascular emergencies
The Febrile infant
Triage and Overcrowding in the ED
General Trauma
Altered Mental Status
MRSA management in the ED
Management of the asthmatic child
Legal and Ethical issues
Near Drowning
Hyperthermia Management
Research in the ED
Burns
Workshops
Laceration repair
Fractures and splinting
Resuscitation
Mock codes
Puerto Rico is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States - not quite international. However, Pediatric Emergency Medicine services are not as robust as on the mainland. One of our former fellows, Dr. Ricardo Jimenez, established The Puerto Rico Pediatric Emergency Conference in 2005. It was the first forum in Puerto Rico for the discussion of topics in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and aimed to meet the educational needs of general pediatricians, emergency physicians, family physicians and general physicians looking to expand their understanding of the diagnosis and management on pediatric emergencies.
Discussions in Spanish and English have included the pathophysiology, diagnosis and management on head injuries, pediatric trauma, optimal triage, the febrile infant, pain management, procedural sedation and wound/laceration repair. The course provides continuing medical education credits and is submitted to the Offices of the University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine for continued medical education by the Examination Tribunal of Doctors.