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NEEDS STATEMENT: The specialty of Pediatric Emergency Medicine affects most Primary Care practices daily. Inappropriate diagnosis and treatment of the febrile infant and child continues to be a problem and there are new approaches to treating asthma. The frequent developments in the use of antibiotics and drug resistance, also mandates current knowledge of these topics. Therefore, Primary Care providers need to review and update their knowledge in this discipline regularly. This activity presents commonly seen patient problems that should help maintain the level of knowledge needed to keep the Practitioner current in prudent and practical clinical behavior in the discipline of Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Day 1 Office Management of Mild to Moderate Asthma. ED Management of Severe Asthma. Bronchiolitis. Visual Diagnosis, Part I.

Day 2 Pediatric Dermatology: Common Rashes You Should Know. Fever and Rash. The Red Hot Eye. What's New in Pediatric Emergency Medicine?

Day 3 No Time to Waste Surgical Emergencies in Children. Infants Behaving Badly. Pediatric Status Epilepticus and Febrile Seizures. Animal Bites.

Day 4 Interesting Cases in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. The Febrile Young Toddler. The Febrile Young Infant. Visual Diagnosis, Part II.

Day 5 Pediatric Head Trauma. Pain Management in the Office and ED. Pediatric Orthopedic Pitfalls. Physical Child Abuse.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES: The overall objective is to provide the participant with practical and clinically relevant information. Upon completion of this CME activity, the physician or healthcare provider should be able to describe the current approach to formulating differential diagnoses, diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive management of the various disciplines presented.