PRE-CONGRESS COURSES
Pre-Congress Course 1: Introduction to Clinician Performed Echocardiography - FULLY BOOKED
Goals
• To provide an introduction to echocardiography for unexperienced clinicians working on a
neonatal or pediatric intensive care unit
• To discuss the use of echocardiography in the assessment and management of several
hemodynamic conditions in critically ill infants and children
Learning style
Formal lectures and small group hands-on sessions led by international experts
Programme
08.30-08.40 Welcome and Introduction (W. de Boode)
08.40-09.00 Basic Principles of Ultrasound (V. Muehlethaler)
09.00-09.45 Standard Echocardiographic Views (N. Sekarski & C. Tissot)
09.45-10.30 Echocardiography for the neonatologist (A. El Khuffash)
10.30-10.40 Short Break
10.40-11.25 Echocardiography for the pediatric intensivist (C. Tissot)
11.25-12.00 Training Guidelines in Europe (W. de Boode)
12.00-12.30 Break
12.30-14.00 Hands-on Sessions* Faculty
14.00-14.30 Coffee Break
14.30-16.00 Hands-on Sessions* Faculty
16.00 Summary and Closure (W. de Boode & C. Tissot)
*Hands-on sessions- There will be multiple stations during the hands-on sessions in the afternoon, so echocardiography can be practiced in smaller groups allowing hands-on experience for everyone (both on simulator and volunteers, i.e. healthy children and children with heart disease).
Maximum number of attendees limited to 40.
Confirmed Faculty:
Willem de Boode (Netherlands), Nicole Sekarski (Switzerland), Afif El-Khuffash (Ireland), Cécile Tissot (Switzerland), Michael Weidenbach (Germany), Vincent Muehlethaler (Switzerland), Liane Geerdink (Germany).
- Pre-Congress Course 3: Acute Neurology - FULLY BOOKED
08:30-12:00
Session 1 (90 minutes, 3x30 minutes)
- Is this a seizure?
- Management of status epilepticus?
- Classic EEG versus aEEG: which does mirror the brain better?
Session 2 (90 minutes, 3x30 minutes)
- TBI: the first hour
- Brain death diagnosis
- Neuro-imaging for the intensivist
12:00-12:30 Break
12:30-14:00
Session 3 (90 minutes, 2x45 minutes; hands-on)
- aEEG and continuous EEG course
- Intracranial pressure monitoring
14:00-14:30 Coffee Break
14:30-16:00
Session 4 (90 minutes, 2x45 minutes; hands-on)
- Transcranial doppler
- Transcranial ultrasound
Confirmed Faculty:
Geraldine Boylan (Ireland), Robert Tasker (USA), Hannelore Ringe (Germany), Hari Krishnan Kanthimathinathan (UK), Fenella Kirkham (UK).
- Pre-Congress Course 4: Hot Themes in Paediatric Lung Disease - FULLY BOOKED
08:30 Introduction
08:45 Lung US in Acute Respiratory Disease
09:45 Lung Ultrasound Hands On
11:45 Break
12:15 Assessing Respiratory Function in the Office
13:15 Ethical Issues in Paediatrics - An Interactive Session
14:15 Break
14:45 Technology Dependent Children in the Community
15:45 Conclusions
Confirmed Faculty:
Jonathan Grigg (UK), Andrew Darbyshire (UK), Daniel de Luca (France), Valentina Giovanna Dell'orto (France), Robert Ross Russell (UK).
