PC 10: Advanced Paediatric Emergency Care (APEC)

Course Director

  • Said Hachimi Idrissi, Belgium

Faculty

  • Said Hachimi Idrissi (Belgium)
  • Javier Benito Fernandez (Spain)
  • Dave Walker (USA)
  • Itai Shavit (Israel)
  • Hezi Waisman (Israel)
  • Roberto Velasco Zuniga( Sapin)
  • Dorine Borensztajn ( Nederlands)

 

Participants

The course is designed for 40 participants. Emergency physicians, Pediatricians, and all who are involved in taking care of children.

Course description & learning objectives

To provide physicians participating with both knowledge and advanced skills in recognizing and managing a wide spectrum of paediatric emergencies both in the hospital and pre-hospital settings.

Course format 

A 1,5-day course. During the morning hours of both days, lectures will be presented on the management of a wide spectrum of paediatric emergencies with emphasis on evidence-based literature. During the afternoon hours attendees will actively participate in small group advanced skill stations, case scenarios and simulations designed to provide knowledge and skills relevant to paediatric emergency medicine as well as elicit discussion on the clinical management of common paediatric emergencies. 

Schedule

Wednesday 27 October

09:00 Lectures and interactive sessions  
09:00 - 09:45     

Plenary session:  

a.       Patient assessment triangle

b.      “ABCD” approach to resuscitation  
 
09:45 - 10:30

Small discussion groups – small groups and rotate at 45 mins:

  • · Steroids in croup/croup scoring and other respiratory cases
  • · Cardiology including ECG anomalies
  • · Respiratory cases
  
10:30– 10:45

Coffee Break

  
10:45 - 12:15

Small discussion groups – small groups and rotate at 45 mins:

  • · Steroids in croup/croup scoring and other respiratory cases
  • · Cardiology including ECG anomalies
  • · Respiratory cases

 
12:15 - 13:00

Quiz: radiology

  
13:00 – 13:45

Lunch Break

  
13:45 - 15:15

Small discussion groups – small groups and rotate at 45 mins:

  • Capnography in the PED
  • How to manage metabolic emergencies
  • Data analysis eg ABG, electrolyte
  
15:15 – 15:30

Coffee Break

  
15:30 – 16:15

Small discussion groups – small groups and rotate at 45 mins:

  •  Capnography in the PED
  •  How to manage metabolic emergencies
  •  Data analysis eg ABG, electrolyte
  
16:15 - 17:00

Biomarkers in the child with fever
 
17:00 – 17:30

Q&A 

  
 Thursday 28 October    
 09:00

Challenges in fluid therapy in the PED

  
 09:45 - 10:30

3 x discussions – small groups and rotate at 45 mins:

  • · Procedural sedation and analgesia in the paediatric emergency department
  • · How I manage neurological emergencies in the PED
  • · Toxicology challenges
  
 10:30 - 10:45

 Coffee Break

  
 10:45 - 12:15

3 x discussions – small groups and rotate at 45 mins:

  • · Procedural sedation and analgesia in the paediatric emergency department
  • · How I manage neurological emergencies in the PED
  • · Toxicology challenges
  
 12:15 - 12:30

Q&A

  
 12:30 

Summary and certificate award

  
 13:00

 End of the pre-course 

  

 

 
 

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