Paediatric BASIC: fundamentals of paediatric critical care
Course description
Convened by Dr. Elena Cavazzoni
Paediatric BASIC is a 2-day course covering essential and fundamental aspects of Paediatric critical care.
The aim of the course is for the candidate to be able to implement the principles of ongoing management of the critically ill child, post the resuscitation and stabilisation phase.
The Paediatric BASIC course has been endorsed by the College of Intensive Care medicine.
A course manual will be mailed to participants prior to the course. Mandatory pre-course MCQ to be completed.
Who should attend?
- Doctors and nurses who need to respond to deteriorating children
- Junior doctors working in Paediatric Intensive Care (PICU)
- Senior trainees working in general paediatrics or emergency medicine
- Responders: Paediatric MET team
- Senior PICU nurses
Details
Learning mode: In-person
Duration: 2 days
Course fee: Medical $650 (inc GST) | Nursing/Paramedical staff $575 (inc GST)
Upcoming course dates: Monday 11th & Tuesday 12th August 2025, 8:00am-5:00pm
Training location:
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Kids Simulation Australia
Kim Oates Australian Paediatric Simulation Centre, Hainsworth Street, Westmead, NSW 2145
Contact
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Course information
Topics covered
- Airway management
- Acute respiratory failure
- Mechanical ventilation
- Haemodynamic monitoring
- Management of shock
- Severe sepsis
- Interpretation of arterial blood gases
- Transport of critically ill patients
- Severe trauma
- Neurological emergencies
- Oliguria and acute renal failure
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Arrhythmias
- Nutrition
- Sedation and analgesia
- Venous thromboembolic disease
- Stress ulceration
- Cardiovascular and respiratory physiology
- Metabolic & electrolyte disturbances
- Ongoing care of the critically ill patient
Lectures
Lectures will be in the mornings followed by workshops in the afternoon, and will include:
- Mechanical ventilation
- Airway management
- Resuscitation scenarios
- Paediatric Trauma Vascular and intra-osseous access.
Cancellation and refunds
- Cancellation 3 months prior to the commencement of the course, will incur a cancellation fee of 20% of the total course fee (incl. GST)
- Cancellation 2 months prior to the commencement of the course, will incur a cancellation fee of 50% of the total course fee (incl. GST)
- No refunds will be issued if a candidate cancels within 6 weeks of the course commencing
- Application for a refund must be made in writing and sent to Kids Simulation Australia
- Participants who fail to attend or complete the training session will not be entitled to any refund or credit.
