Course Description
Convened by Dr. Elena Cavazzoni, Dr. Nitesh Singhal, Dr. Michaela Waak and Dr. Anthony Slater
The course is a two-day programme focusing on managing paediatric patients with an acute brain injury or at risk of neurological problems.
The focus of the course will be on structured assessment, communication, neuro-resuscitation, neuro-protection and neuro-monitoring to guide management of these patients. Emphasis will be placed on brain-directed critical care from presentation at hospital through to discharge from PICU.
- Course fee
Medical - $500 (inc GST) | Nursing/Paramedical - $250 (inc GST)
- Learning mode
In-person
- Duration
One day
Who should attend?
Physicians
Intensive care | Emergency
Nurses
Intensive care | Emergency
Training Location
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
Kids Simulation Australia
Kim Oates Australian Paediatric Simulation Centre
Hainsworth Street, Westmead, NSW 2145
Course Information
- Basics of neurophysiology
- Refractory status epilepticus
- cEEG in ICU (intensive Care Unit)
- Refractory ICP in TBI
- Resuscitation post-cardiac arrest including TTM
- Acute ischaemic stroke
- Life after PICU - rehabilitation
- Pharmacotherapy in neuro-critical care
- Acute haemorrhagic stroke
- Encephalitis/meningitis - approach with emphasis on autoimmune encephalitis
- Neuroprognostication
- Case discussion: Refractory status epilepticus/ischaemic stroke
- Neuroimaging: How to recognise life-threatening neurological emergencies
- EEG for critical care staff
- Neuromonitoring– ICP monitoring-EVD/Codman, NIRS, brain tissue oxygen monitoring.