
Wheezing, Barking, and Crackles: Best Practice Treatment for Common Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies
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Course Content
Session | Title | Faculty |
Session 1 (53 minutes) | Wheezing, Barking and Crackles: Best Practice Treatment for Common Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies | S. Iyer, MD |
Program Overview
US Hospitals have seen a sharp rise in the number of pediatric patients suffering from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). This has resulted in a significant increase in overall bronchiolitis and pediatric emergency room visits and admissions. Differentiating between bronchiolitis, croup, and asthma in children can be challenging for primary care clinicians. Wheezing, Barking, and Crackles: Best Practice Treatment for Common Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies is an online CME course focused on the key parts of care that should occur in the community setting in managing and evaluating children with these conditions. The evidence behind early steroid delivery and High Flow Nasal Cannula, as well as red flag history and physical exam findings, will be explored in this course to help clinicians develop an organized approach to treatment.
Presented by Sujit Iyer, MD, Wheezing, Barking, and Crackles: Best Practice Treatment for Common Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies was recorded at the 7th Annual Emergency & Urgent Care Medicine for Primary Care Provider Conference in San Diego, CA. Continuing Education Company has been organizing Primary Care and Family Medicine focused conferences for over 30 years. Dr. Sujit Iyer is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Program Director of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School.
Learning Objectives:
As a result of this educational activity, participants should be better able to:
- Develop a structured assessment to differentiate between asthma, croup and bronchiolitis in the young child.
- Implement best practices in pediatric asthma management in the community ED setting that will improve patient outcomes and reduce unnecessary variation in care.
- Incorporate evidence based recommendations on risk stratification and escalating respiratory therapy for infants with bronchiolitis.
Post-Test and Evaluation:
After completing the CME activity, you must successfully complete a post-test and fill out a program evaluation form. You will then be able to view and print your CME certificate.
Faculty

Sujit Iyer, MD
National Director of Pediatrics, US Acute Care Solutions
Fellowship Director, UT Austin Dell Medical School
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Assistant Medical Director, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas
Austin, TX
Accreditation
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™: Continuing Education Company, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Continuing Education Company, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABIM MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
To receive CME credit and/or MOC points, you MUST complete the activity and the evaluation form. For ABIM MOC points, your information will be shared with the ABIM through the ACCME Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS). Please allow 6-8 weeks for your MOC points to appear on your ABIM records.
AAPA: AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 1 hours of Category I credit for completing this activity.
AANPCB: The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. Nurse Practitioners may receive a maximum of 1 hours of participation, 0.5 of which can be used towards Pharmacology, for completing this activity.
Release Date: 11/4/2022
Expiration Date: 11/4/2023
Medium: Internet/Enduring Material, Video/Audio
Faculty/Planning Committee Disclosures
Review and Planning Committee Disclosures:
All individuals have indicated that if they had a financial relationship(s) with an ineligible company over the past 24 months, this relationship has been mitigated and does not have an impact upon this CME activity. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. The following individuals have indicated that they have no relevant financial relationships with an ineligible company that may impact upon this CME activity:
- Raymond E. Major, MD - Reviewer
- Walter Ejnes, CHCP - Reviewer & Planning Committee (Continuing Education Company)
- Beth Ryan Townsend, CHCP - Reviewer (Continuing Education Company)
Faculty Disclosures:
All individuals have indicated that if they had a financial relationship(s) with an ineligible company over the past 24 months, this relationship has been mitigated and does not have an impact upon this CME activity. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. The following individual has indicated that he has no relevant financial relationships with an ineligible company that may impact upon this CME activity:
Faculty | Disclosure |
Sujit Iyer, MD | Employment: US Acute Care Solutions / Dell Children's Medical Center |
Unlabeled Use Declaration:
During their presentation, faculty may discuss unlabeled or investigational use which is not approved for a commercial product. Faculty members are required to disclose this information to the audience when referring to an unlabeled or investigational use.
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Computer Requirements
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