Pre-course: Advanced Paediatric Emergency Care (APEC)

Saturday 23 September: 08:30-18:00 & Sunday 24 September: 09:00-13:00

Course Director

  • Said Hachimi Idrissi (Belgium)

Faculty

  • Tom Beattie (UK)
  • Silvia Bressan (Italy)
  • Liviana Dadalt (Italy)
  • Santiago Mintegi (Spain)
  • Itai Shavit (Israel)
  • Yehezkel (Hezi) Waisman (Israel)
  • Rodrick Babakhanlou (UK)
  • Niccollo Parri (Italy)
  • Dave Walker (USA)

Participants

The course is designed for 40 participants.
PEM Physicians, Pediatricians, and Emergency Physicians who provide care for children in emergencies and who want to refine their knowledge and skills in PEM

Course description & learning objectives

To provide physicians participating at the APEC course with both knowledge and advanced skills in recognizing and managing a wide spectrum of pediatric emergencies including trauma, both in the hospital and pre-hospital settings.

Course format

The course is provided over 1.5-day course.  During the both days, lectures are presented on the management of a wide spectrum of pediatric emergencies (including trauma) with emphasis on evidence-based literature. During the hands-on sessions, the candidates will actively participate in small group on advanced skill stations, case scenarios and simulations designed to provide knowledge and skills relevant to pediatric emergency medicine, as well as elicit discussion on the clinical management of common pediatric emergencies including trauma. At the end of the course participants are presented with certificates of course completion by EuSEM.

Schedule

Saturday 23 September

08.30 Introduction
08.45 – 10.15 Challenges in resuscitation practice
10.15 – 10.45 Coffee Break
10.45– 12.15 Respiratory emergencies
12.15 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 14.30 Cardiac emergencies
14.30 – 16.00 Abdominal pain/surgical emergencies
16.00 – 16.15 Coffee Break
16.15 – 17.45 Analgesia/sedation
17.45 – 18.00 Debriefing with the faculty

Sunday 24 September

09.00-10.30 Toxicology/metabolic syndromes
10.30-11.00 Break
11.00-12.30 Trauma management
12.30-13.00 Debriefing with the faculty

National Societies

Albania
Albania Albania

Albanian Society of Emergency Medicine

Shoqata Shqiptare e Urgjencës Mjekësore - SH.U.M.

Date of origin: 1 January 2013

Austria

Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina

Association of Emergency Medicine Physicians of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Udruženje Urgentologa u Federaciji Bosne i Hercegovine

Date of origin: 15 March 2019





France
Georgia
Georgia Georgia

Georgian College of Emergency Physicians

საქართველოს გადაუდებელი მედიცინის ექიმთა კოლეჯი





Kosovo
Kosovo Kosovo

Kosovo Society of Emergency Medicine

Shoqata për Mjekësi Emergjente e Kosovës (SHMEK)  

Year of origin: 2008

Latvia

Lithuania
Lithuania Lithuania

Lithuanian Society for Emergency Medicine

Lietuvos Skubiosios Medicinos Draugija

Date of origin: 3 October 2003

Malta
Malta Malta

Association of Emergency Physicians of Malta

Ghaqda Maltija tat-Tobba ghall-Emergenzi

Date of origin: 1 December 2006


Moldova
Moldova Moldova

Society of Emergency Medicine and Disasters Medicine from Republic of Moldova

Asociația Obștească Societatea Științifico-Practică de Medicină de Urgență și Catastrofe din Republica Moldova

Netherlands

Norway
Norway Norway

Norwegian College of Emergency Medicine


Poland

Portugal
Portugal Portugal

Portuguese Society of Urgent and Emergency Medicine

Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina de Urgência e Emergência 

Romania

Serbia
Slovakia
Slovakia Slovakia

Slovak Society of Disaster and Emergency Medicine

Slovenská spoločnost' urgentnej medicíny katastrof 

Date of origin: 4 October 1997





United Kingdom
United Kingdom United Kingdom

Royal College of Emergency Medicine

Year of origin: 1993