Acute paediatrics and PICU - LSP day

This study day will review current best approaches to assess and manage common paediatric emergencies and safe and rapid stabilisation of the rapidly deteriorating child who requires intensive care and the different roles in organ donation.

Topics include:

• Understand how to recognise and assess the rapidly deteriorating child and how to manage their safe transfer
• Understand current best practice in the diagnosis, management and stabilisation of children presenting with cardiac, respiratory and neurological emergencies and children with acute trauma
• Know about current research on the recognition and management of sepsis
• Know the importance of approaches to and different roles in the process of gaining consent for organ donation