KidsResus Education and Training Program
About us
The KidsResus education and training program is designed to enhance the learning of healthcare professionals by providing them with the skills and knowledge to safely care for a paediatric patient who has suffered a critical event.
Healthcare professionals who complete our training will gain not only Paediatric Life Support skills, but also skills and knowledge to be able to maintain and sustain post-resuscitation care.
The KidsResus education and training program is guided by the Australian Resuscitation Council. The information contained within the program had been gained from the current ANZCOR Guidelines 12.1 through to Guideline 12.5 inclusive.
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What we do
KidsResus offers participants the opportunity to complete their learning through interactive eLearning modules.
eLearning modules:
- Our eLearning modules explore each letter of the resuscitation algorithm of DRSABCD with an expansion into Exposure, Fluids and Glucose as this is uniquely paediatric.
- They allow each participant to comprehensively learn the knowledge and skills required for Paediatric Life Support.
- This training is designed to be completed prior to the participant attending the practical simulation component of the program.
Simulation course:
- The Simulation course of the program offers skill based learning and practical simulation scenarios depicting real life events.
- The simulations allow the participants to practice the skills acquired from completing the eLearning.
Our courses
The KidsResus education and training program is available to all health organisations.
- NSW Health Organisations can access the eLearning modules through My Health Learning.
- Non-NSW Health Organisation will access the eLearning through a contractual agreement with the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network. For more information, please contact the KidsResus program manager.
Each of these eLearning modules is accompanied by scenario-based experiential learning facilitated by a KidsResus instructor.
KidsResus paediatric basic life support learning modules
The 4 modules will explore the following areas:
- The life support algorithm of DRSABCD
- The safe use of the AED
- Managing an infant or child who is choking
- Human Factors and its impact on patient care.
These will provide all allied, community and primary health workers with the knowledge and skills to safely care for a critically unwell paediatric patient until help arrives.
KidsResus paediatric life support learning modules
The 7 modules will explore the following areas:
- The life support algorithm of DRSABCD
- The role Exposure, Fluids and Glucose play within a paediatric critical event
- The reversible causes of a paediatric cardiac arrest
- Managing an infant or child who is choking
- The roles outlined within a Clinical Emergency Response
- Human Factors and it’s impact on patient care.
These will provide you with the knowledge and skills to safely care for a critically unwell paediatric patient.
KidsResus paediatric life support optional learning modules
The KidsResus optional learning modules are designed to extend your learning and offer knowledge and skills in areas of advanced resuscitation skills, post resuscitation care and transference of care.
The following learning modules can be used as a standalone education tool or as an adjunct to the Paediatric Life Support Program, allowing you to create a learning pathway specific to your needs where optimal learning can be achieved.
- The Importance of the Role of the Scribe
- Transferring to a Tertiary Hospital
- Advanced Airway Management
- Vascular Access using Intraosseous Insertion
- Emergency Management of a Paediatric Patient with a Tracheostomy
- Neopuff Infant T-Piece Resuscitator
- Advanced Resuscitation Drugs in a Paediatric Critical Event.
KidsResus paediatric life support instructor training
This module is aimed at health professionals who have the capacity within their role to facilitate the practical component of the KidsResus education and training program.
The 3-hour workshop is designed to provide the new KidsResus instructor the skills and knowledge to successfully facilitate the one hour scenario based learning to small groups.
CPR training for parents
The Kids Health program at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network has developed videos for parents and carers on how to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on babies and children.