I have been thinking of setting up an annual Paediatric Emergencies Conference for a while now, but due to other projects I haven’t had the time. The conference will deal with the initial resuscitation and stabilisation of the critically ill child in a similar way to that covered in the Waiting for the Paediatric Retrieval Team section. I would plan to run the conference once a year in Belfast and to record the conference and make the content available online.
If this is something you would be interested in then please leave a comment below expressing your interest and letting me know the topics you would like me to cover. If there is a lot of interest I will move this up my to-do list and use your comments about what you want when designing the programme.
This would be brilliant
Topics: team approach and mental model for RSI
Using prostin doses and pearls/pitfalls
Basic ventilation settings for asthma and pneumonia child
Management of arrhythmias
POCUS!
I think this would be an excellent conference. Topics to include like stabilisation in the different clinical picture ie warm/ cold shock, in the case of shock when dealing with cardiac pathologies and some aspects in relation to transporting the sick infant. I would be really interested.
Hello!
Great idea and any of your website topics would be welcome
I have just completed a Health Education England HEE project in Bristol and designed and delivered a course on Time Critical Transfers of Children (TiC ToC) which we have rolled out to 10 of our 12 regional hospitals. Not sure how it works in N Ireland but here TCT are the ones regional staff need to sort themselves – we devised a day that looked at clinical and human factors with a lot of simulation… a talk at your conference on anything time Critical how to get the child ready would be well received I feel sure (esp by people like me – adult intensivists who need to do the Transfers!)
Love the website & apps & podcasts – I recommend them to all my colleagues!
ClaireK
Really enjoy every of your Podcast and intubation course. Would love to attend this as a PICU nurse/Transport Nurse.
Really enjoyed the course, intubation is of interest to me as a theatre nurse
I’d love to… I’d be interested in trauma, sedation and analgesia and family management in unsuccessful resuscitation
Would be interested in attending! I think a whole session on inotropes including push dose pressors would be useful. I’ll have a think about more suggestions!
This is a brilliant idea Chris. I would like to see talks/seminars/workshops on:
-Resuscitation of the unstable neonate full/preterm
-As above but with duct dependant/non- duct dependant cardiac pathologies
-Use of adjunctive drugs such as milrinone/Sildenafil in instabke children post initial volume depletion.
-Hands on practice with Ayers T-Piece circuits and calculating fresh gas flow rates for different aged children.
Most definitely.
Inotropes
Crashing neonate- causes
In particular metabolic crisis
When it all goes wrong- supporting families
Looking good in front of retrieval team- everything planned and ready to go! Check lists
Time critical – neuro including drugs
Drowning
Dear Chris
Great idea. I would be very interested. I would also recommend to colleagues. I think an annual meeting would benefit from the an annual critical care lit review on what’s the new evidence base in the literature. I have left on or two other suggestions on the Twitter post! These are mostly covered by your posts to date. Best of luck
Dealing with paediatric emergencies in the adult setting.
Great idea! If I don’t make it to Belfast I would watch live stream – maybe we could set it up in the John Radcliffe in Oxford and watch from there. Acid base balance , pressors , asthma , bronchiolitis, head injury , dka would all be good
Hi Chris
Great idea and would most definitely be interested in attending.
How to build and train the team from setting up for emergency resuscitation scenarios right through to transfer would be great, (non technical aspects). Would be attending as ED nurse facilitator.
Definitely would be interested! Topics that I think would be useful include;
– Common cases in the DGH like sepsis, asthma, collapsed neonate and the child with CHD.
– Paediatric trauma
– Checklist for preparing a child for interhospital transfer
– Improving communication with the family
– How can the transfer and PICU team give constructive feedback to the stabilising team so as to continually improve care
Would you erconsider stepping out of the hospital environment as well, and include some content on pre-hospital emergency care. Topics of interest would be:
Respiratory illnesses
Arrythmias
IV access
IO access
Plus all the topics mentioned above by our in-hospital colleagues.
Great idea stabilization and transfer would be good.
Would be very keen for a conference like this!
Great idea!! Would definately be up for attending this conference.
Topics wise – there are GREAT suggestions above from everyone.
I think it would be good to cover major incidents protocol/advice.
Pre-hospital stabilisation of child ie car accident, major trauma/injury.
Fingers crossed for getting to attend this is the next few years.
Multidisciplinary? Surgeons too. We miss out. Often the end point of many patients. Can help in decision making, understand what goes on outwith our sphere
That sounds fantastic, count me in! As previous respondents have said, collapsed neonate, cardiac, metabolic, sepsis in different ages. Inotropes including push dose, is dopamine dead, tips for lines before the retrieval team arrive
Thanks to everyone for their comments and suggestions. Sounds like there is enough interest in this for me to start putting something together. If there are any further suggestions on topics to cover keep them coming as it will take me some time to put a team together and get everything organised.
Yes surgeons are very welcome and in fact we have recently added a surgeon to the faculty for our intubation course.
I think it would be amazing.
Topic: what makes a good PEM doctor. Also, dealing with the dying child & their family in ED.
Dear Dr Flannigan,
I am a Paediatric ED trainees from Australia. I’d be very interested in your proposed conference++++
And if unable to attend in person a live video link would be incredible.
It would love case based instructive talks, very much in line with your excellent podcasts really. And, for people who can attend, workshops: Central venous access, even just tips on difficult IV access, use of US, blood gas interpretation.
I am looking forward to find out when the first conference will be held 🙂
Marjolein
Dr Flannigan, would be interested in attending. Topics I would be interested in would be;
Adjusting the ventilator
Managing CFAM
Intractable seizures
Managing encephalopathy in icu
Setting up and monitoring dialysis
Massive transfusion and pearls
Many thanks
Natalie
What a great idea. We could probably help you by sharing the word on NHS Million (check it out on Facebook, Instagram and Facebook!) but we are having a short break currently. Think your lectures are excellent and we like to support good initiatives. Will come back to you with topics when I am not due to be awake in about 4 hours and have reflected properly. Take this as an expression of interest in the meantime though. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
What a great idea. We could probably help you by sharing the word on NHS Million (check it out on Facebook, Instagram and Facebook!) but we are having a short break currently. Think your lectures are excellent and we like to support good initiatives. Will come back to you with topics when I am not due to be awake in about 4 hours and have reflected properly. Take this as an expression of interest in the meantime though. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I would certainly be interested in attending this conference. It would be a great learning experience. Any topic from caring for the critically ill child would be brilliant, especially sepsis, ventilation and crucial initial investigations on first admission to the PICU.
Wooowwwww
Would appreciate if role of artificial intelligence in paediatric ER is discussed