Advanced Paediatric Emergency Care (APEC) Course
Objectives:
To provide participating physicians with both knowledge and advanced skills in recognizing and managing a wide spectrum of paediatric emergencies, both in the hospital and pre-hospital settings.
Day One - Evidence-Based management of common Emergencies
Lectures/interactive sessions
- An Approach to the Seriously Ill Infant and Child
- Principles of Paediatric Triage
- Croup, Asthma and Bronchiolitis
- Acute Abdominal Emergencies
- Status Epilepticus (SE), Refractory SE, and DKA
- Paediatric Orthopaedic Emergencies
- Minor Head Injury, and Wound Management
- Procedural Sedation & Analgesia
- Common Toxicological Emergencies
Day Two - Advanced Paediatric Resuscitation
Lectures / interactive sessions
- Update on the 2005 Paediatric Resuscitation Guidelines (ERC/PALS)
- 2005 Guidelines Algorithms
- The Critically Injured Paediatric Patient
Skill stations
- BLS, Foreign Body Removal
- Cardioversion and Defibrillation
- Advanced Airway Management/Bag and Mask Ventilation
- Intraosseous Infusion
- Capnography
- Rapid Sequence Intubation
