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Pediatric Care After Resuscitation

PCAR Program Description

Unlike trauma programs targeted at prehospital or emergency care providers, the Pediatric Care After Resuscitation (PCAR) course was explicitly designed for bedside professionals who care for injured kids in critical care, perioperative, acute care, and rehabilitation settings.

PCAR gives inpatient staff members the essential knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to meet ACS and regulatory requirements and provide excellent care to this challenging patient population.

Trauma Trained & Trauma Ready

With PCAR online, education is available on demand, anytime, anywhere, in a self-contained, interactive format.

  • Start training employees immediately
  • Purchase “seats” then assign them to learners for up to 2 years
  • Reduce overall training costs, as compared to onsite courses
  • Take advantage of substantial bulk discounts
  • Eliminate classroom and contracting hassles
  • Accommodate employees on all shifts
  • Set deadlines, track progress, see test scores, and download certificates from your computer
  • Automatically send progress reminders to your learners

Course enrollment includes a full-color 180+ page, downloadable pdf manual. Learners have 1-year access to all course materials. PCAR verification is current for 4 years.

PCAR

For group registration and volume discounts, please contact us at
info@tcarprograms.org or +1.503.608.4900

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

Unlike trauma education programs targeted at prehospital and emergency care providers, the Pediatric Care After Resuscitation (PCAR) course is specifically designed for acute care, critical care, perioperative, and rehab nurses.

Now, for the first time ever, you don’t need to be at a major trauma center (or in a classroom) to experience the world’s highest quality trauma nursing program. With PCAR, your staff can receive elite trauma training wherever they are, whenever they are ready to begin, with full access to the material for one year.

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Course Outline

Part 1: Foundational Concepts

  • Module 1: The trauma care spectrum
  • Module 2: The biomechanics of trauma
  • Module 3: The body's response to injury

Part 2: Case-based Scenarios

  • Module 4: The patient with thoracic injury
  • Module 5: The patient with abdominal injury
  • Module 6: The patient with musculoskeletal injury
  • Module 7: The patient with head injury
  • Module 8: The patient with spine & spinal cord injury

On-Demand Course Features

Lecture Videos

Presented by PCAR faculty members

Ask a Trauma Nurse

Learners can submit questions to an expert faculty member.

Interactive Quizzes

Hundreds of quiz questions, dispersed throughout the modules, reinforce key concepts with mandatory learner interactions to enhance information retention.

Full-Color Digital Manual

The course includes a 170+ page, full-color, illustrated manual. Printed manuals are available on Amazon. For volume discounts, contact TCAR Education Programs.

ANCC Disclosure

ANCC Disclosure: The planners and presenters of this course have no conflict of interest. Course registration includes an extensive, full-color downloadable manual, 1-year access to all course content, and a certificate of completion valid for four years.

Continuing Education Hours

TCAR Education Programs (a division of Visionem Inc.) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This ANCC-approved program provides 18 NCPD hours. Learners must view all 8 modules in order, complete a post-test, and submit the course evaluation.

This continuing education activity is also approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 15483, for 18 continuing education contact hours. This certificate must be retained for 4 years.

Technical Specifications

  • Any Windows, Mac, iPad, or Android device with a screen that's at least 10" diagonal
  • A standard pair of headphones or earbuds is recommended
  • A strong WiFi connection (4-5 bar cellular will work, but might be a bit slow loading each new screen)
  • A quiet space with a comfortable chair so you can concentrate
  • A recent web browser version (e.g., Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge); Internet Explorer is NOT supported
  • Latest version of device's operating system (e.g., Mac OS, IOS, Android, Windows). Some older devices (over 5-years old) may not be able to display content correctly