Pediatric Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage Enduring Material

This is the recording of a simulation-based session designed to train healthcare providers in the emergent management of a pediatric patient presenting with life-threatening post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage. The course covers initial assessment, rapid sequence intubation of a difficult airway, and damage control resuscitation, including the activation of a massive transfusion protocol (MTP).

Target Audience

  • Anesthesiologists

Learning Objectives

  • Rapidly assess a pediatric patient for airway compromise, hemorrhagic shock, and aspiration risk.
  • Prepare the appropriate personnel, equipment, and medications for the resuscitation of a critically ill child.
  • Perform a primary survey (ABCDE) and initiate immediate life-saving interventions for shock and hypoxemia.
  • Execute rapid sequence intubation (RSI) in a hemodynamically unstable child with a bloody airway, selecting appropriate induction and resuscitation medications.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ABS MOC
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Course opens: 
10/27/2025
Course expires: 
10/26/2026
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
4
Program Director(s)

Vraj Patel, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Dawn Dubbe

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Vraj Patel, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Inova CME Accreditation

The Medical Society of Virginia is a member of the Southern States CME Collaborative, an ACCME Recognized Accreditor. Inova Health System Office of Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the Southern States CME Collaborative to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

The Inova Office of Continuing Medical Education designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physicians may claim up to 1.00 credits in Type 1 CME on the Virginia Board of Medicine Continued Competency and Assessment Form required for renewal of an active medical license in Virginia.

ABS CC Statement:

Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ABS MOC
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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