The GOSH Paediatric Long-Term Ventilation Course – May 2025
This course requires registration prior to purchase, for more information and to purchase this course, please click here.
Overview
A comprehensive 2-day course focusing on the care of children requiring long-term invasive or non-invasive ventilation
Day 1 virtual lecture based teaching on:
- Sleep disordered breathing in children
- Indications and epidemiology of long-term ventilation (invasive and non-invasive ventilation) in children
- From pathophysiology to the practicalities e.g., investigations, initiation, monitoring, escalating/weaning ventilation
- Long-term ventilation and ethical issues
Day 2 face-to-face workshop based teaching on:
- Choice of ventilator and interface, including hands on experience of equipment, mask fitting, circuits
- Clinical scenarios, troubleshooting clinical or equipment problems
- Tracheostomy care
- Introduction to cough assist
Learning objectives:
- Understanding of the indications and epidemiology of long-term ventilation (invasive and non-invasive) in children.
- Provide practical skills around initiation and care of long-term ventilation in children, including choices of ventilators, interface, mask fitting, tracheostomy care and circuits.
- Tips on troubleshoot clinical scenarios and equipment problems.
- Provide an overview of the multidisciplinary input to the care of long-term ventilated children.
Dates and Times
Start Date : 15/05/2025 9:00 AM
End Date : 16/05/2025 5:30 PM
Register by : 15/05/2025 8:00 AM
This course requires registration prior to purchase, for more information and to purchase this course, please click here.