Director/ Medical Director New Orleans EMS New Orleans, Louisiana
Description: Meg Marino, MD, FAAP is the Interim Director and Medical Director for New Orleans EMS, Director of Pediatric Prehospital Education for Ochsner Health, and a pediatric emergency medicine physician. She completed pediatrics residency at the University of Colorado in Denver and Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine where she served as chief fellow. Nationally she serves as the Chair-Elect for the American Academy of Pediatrics EMS subcommittee and on the Louisiana EMS Certification Commission. She lectures nationally to improve the prehospital emergency care that patients receive. Dr. Marino is passionate about provider wellness and focuses efforts on providing mental health support to providers. She is leading the Diversity and Equity Council at New Orleans EMS to help acknowledge biases in healthcare, working to improve access to care to marginalized communities and promoting diversity in EMS.
Learning Objectives:
Review the evaluation of pediatric patients with non-traumatic shock
Discuss the importance of the first hour of resuscitation
Describe the treatment for pediatric patients with non-traumatic shock
Discuss the differences between the treatment and evaluation of septic and cariogenic shock in pediatric patients
