Course Director
- Said Hachimi Idrissi (Belgium)
Faculty
- Rodrick Babakhanlou (UK)
- Tom Beattie (UK)
- Javier Benito Fernandez (Spain)
- Santi Mintegui (Spain)
- Naveen Poonai (Canada)
- Dave Walker (USA)
- Hezi Waisman (Israel)
Participants
The course is designed for 35 participants. Emergency physicians, Pediatricians and all who are involved in taking care of kids
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
Saturday 12 October
| 09:00 | Lectures and interactives sessions | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Introduction to the APEC course/ introduction of the mentors and mentees | Faculty |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Lecture: An Approach to the Seriously Ill Infant and Child | Said Hachimi-Idrissi |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Interactive session: Fluid Resuscitation in ED | Hezi Waisman |
| 10:30– 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Lecture: Neurological Emergencies |
Javier Benito Fernandez |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Lecture: Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in Children | Naveen Poonai |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 – 14:15 | Interactive session: Fever management/recognition of bacterial infection | Santi Mintegi |
| 14:15 – 15:00 | Interactive session : Abdominal pain, evaluation and investigations | Tom Beattie |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Interactive session: ECG interpretation | Dave Walker |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Interactive session: Urogenital Emergencies | Rodrick Babakhanlou |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Day 1 summary | Faculty |
Sunday 13 October
| 09:00 | Introduction to day 2 | Faculty |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Interactive session: Toxicological Emergencies | Santi Mintegi |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Interactive session: Neonatal Emergencies | Said Hachimi-Idrissi |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Hands- on: Management of multi-traumatized child |
Tom Beattie |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
|
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Hands-on: Capnography in Emergency Department |
Dave Walker & Said Hachimi-Idrissi |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Hands-on: Vascular Access |
Hezi Waisman & Javier Benito Fernandez |
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Course Summary |
Faculty |
| 12:30 |
End of the pre-course |
National Societies
Albania
Albanian Society of Emergency Medicine
Shoqata Shqiptare e Urgjencës Mjekësore - SH.U.M.
Date of origin: 1 January 2013
Austria 
Belgium
Year of origin: 1995
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
Bulgaria 
Croatia
Croatian Society of Emergency Medicine
HZL Hrvatsko Društvo za Hitnu Medicinu
Date of origin: 12 June 1990
Czech Republic
Year of origin: 1994
Denmark
Danish Society for Emergency Medicine
Dansk Selskab for Akutmedicin
Date of origin: 28 September 2006
Estonia
Estonian Society of Emergency Physicians
Eesti Erakorralise Meditsiini Arstide Selts
Date of origin: 30 March 2004
Finland 
France
French Society for Emergency Medicine
Société Française de Médecine d'Urgence
Date of origin: 3 March 1985
Georgia
Georgian College of Emergency Physicians
საქართველოს გადაუდებელი მედიცინის ექიმთა კოლეჯი
Germany
German Association for Emergency Medicine
Deutsche Gesellschaft Interdisziplinäre Notfall- und Akutmedizin (DGINA) e.V.
Greece
Hellenic Society of Emergency Medicine
Ελληνική Εταιρεία Επείγουσας Ιατρικής
Date of origin: 4 December 2002
Hungary
Hungarian Society for Emergency Medicine
Magyar Sürgösségi Orvostani Társaság
Date of origin: 8 April 2000
Iceland 
Ireland
Irish Association for Emergency Medicine
Cumann Leigheas Éigeandála na hÉireann (IAEM)
Date of origin: 29 April 1989
Italy
Italian Society for Emergency Medicine
Società Italiana di Medicina di Emergenza Urgenza (SIMEU)
Year of origin: 2000
Kosovo
Kosovo Society of Emergency Medicine
Shoqata për Mjekësi Emergjente e Kosovës (SHMEK)
Year of origin: 2008
Latvia 
Lithuania
Lithuanian Society for Emergency Medicine
Lietuvos Skubiosios Medicinos Draugija
Date of origin: 3 October 2003
Malta
Association of Emergency Physicians of Malta
Ghaqda Maltija tat-Tobba ghall-Emergenzi
Date of origin: 1 December 2006
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
Dutch Society of Emergency Physicians
Nederlandse Vereniging van Spoedeisende Hulp Artsen
Year of origin: 1999
Norway 
Poland
Polish Society for Emergency Medicine
Polskie Towarzystwo Medycyny Ratunkowej
Year of origin: 1999
Portugal
Portuguese Society of Urgent and Emergency Medicine
Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina de Urgência e Emergência
Romania 
Serbia
Serbian Society of Emergency Physicians
Društvo lekara urgentne medicine Srbije
Date of origin: 13 November 2014
Slovakia
Slovak Society of Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Slovenská spoločnost' urgentnej medicíny katastrof
Date of origin: 4 October 1997
Slovenia
Slovenian Emergency Medical Association
Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino
Date of origin: 29 June 2016
Spain
Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine
Sociedad Española de Medicina de Urgencias y Emergencias
Date of origin: 8 March 1988
Sweden 
Switzerland 
Turkey 
Ukraine 
United Kingdom