Paediatric emergency medicine and Tim David prize
This meeting will teach paediatric health staff about the current advances in the treatment of acutely deteriorating child.
About this event
- Date and time Tue 7 May 2019 from 8:30am to 8:30pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Paediatrics and Child Health
This day will cover a number of topics in paediatric respiratory medicine and ENT relevant to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) curriculum.
This study day will cover a wealth of information relating to paediatric respiratory medicine and ENT, including; the differential diagnoses and management of common acute presentations, such as wheeze, stridor, ENT emergencies and tachypnoea in the newborn, updates on recent advances in chronic lung diseases management, and practical guidance on initiating non-invasive ventilation and care of children with tracheostomies. and career guidance.
Delegates will be provided with an update on the diagnosis and management of common respiratory and ENT presentations in children. And raise awareness of the wide and varied opportunities for a career in paediatric respiratory medicine, either as a tertiary specialist or general paediatrician with a special interest, and understand potential routes to achieve this.
Topics include:
- Assess and formulate differential diagnoses in childhood wheeze and describe the diagnosis and management of asthma phenotypes
- Recognise and manage gastro-oesophageal reflux and aspiration
- The causes of tachypnoea in a newborn infant, and how to initiate appropriate investigations and management
- The role of sleep studies and the principles of managing sleep disordered breathing and obstructive sleep apnoea
- Initiate non-invasive ventilation in a DGH setting when indicated
- Awareness of specific issues relating to tracheostomies including different tube types, strategies to minimise risks, and appropriate management.
- Assess and formulate differential diagnoses for children presenting with stridor and understand the management of common ENT emergencies
- Current best practice in the diagnosis and management of cystic fibrosis and recent advances in treatment.
- The principles of treatment with high flow nasal cannula oxygen in conditions such as bronchiolitis and respiratory distress syndrome in neonates.
Tickets
Standard pricing available until 06 May 2019.
Member
RSM Fellow
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£54.00
Meeting
£15.00
LME skills evening
(optional) |
RSM Trainee
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£33.00
Meeting
£15.00
LME skills evening
(optional) |
Non - Member
Consultant / GP
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£90.00
Meeting
£15.00
LME skills evening
(optional) |
Trainee
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£55.00
Meeting
£15.00
LME skills evening
(optional) |
London School of Paediatrics
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£55.00
Meeting
£15.00
LME skills evening
(optional) |
Agenda
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Session one
Registration
Welcome and introduction
Not all that wheezes is asthma
Professor Sejal Saglani, Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital
Exciting developments in cystic fibrosis
Professor Jane Davies, Professor of Paediatric Respiratory and Experimental Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital & National Heart and Lung Institute
Tea and coffee break
Session two
Chest radiology interpretation and interesting cases
Dr Tom Semple, Radiology Consultant, Royal Brompton Hospital
Non-invasive ventilation in children
Dr Lidia Casanueva, PICU & Long-Term Ventilation Consultant, Royal Brompton Hospital
Management of stridor and ENT emergencies
Mr Richard Hewitt, Paediatric Otolaryngologist ENT, Head and Neck Consultant, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Lunch
Session three: Interactive workshops
Each workshop is 30 minutes
Interactive workshops
Tracheostomy change
Dr Lidia Casanueva
Lung function testing and interpretation
Dr Louise Selby, Clinical Research Fellow, Royal Brompton Hospital
Tea and coffee break
Session four
Community acquired pneumonia and empyema
Dr Ian Balfour-Lynn, Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital
Aspiration and reflux
Dr Paul Aurora, Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Applying to GRID in paediatric respiratory medicine
Dr Laura Gardner, Clinical Research Fellow, Royal Brompton Hospital
Evaluation and feedback
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
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