Training
Courses for Trainees and Further Resources
If there are any additional courses or other resources you'd recommend to other PEM trainees, please email us:
pemtraininguk@gmail.com
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Keep an eye on the Meetings & Events APEM page for conferences and other events.
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Courses
APLS (Advanced Paediatric Life Support, ALSG)
https://www.alsg.org/en/files/PFactsheet.pdf
To book a course : http://bit.ly/ALSGcourses
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ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support)
CPPR (Child Protection: Recognition and Response, ALSG)
European Trauma Course
http://europeantraumacourse.com/
Paediatric Advanced Trauma Simulation Course
2 day course run by Ami Parikh in London and Oxford
Children's Acute Trauma Course (Sheffield)
https://www.facebook.com/CATcourse
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BAPS (British Association of Paediatric Surgeons) Trauma Day
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Bristol Medical Simulation Centre (BMSC) courses:
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- How to Manage Meningococcal Disease
- Advanced Paediatric Intensive Care simulation courses
- SPLAT South West Paediatric Life-Support and Transfer Course
- Team Training for Critical Incidents
CATS stabilisation and transfer course
http://site.cats.nhs.uk/education-and-training/courses-and-study-days/
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MIMMS (Major Incident Medical Management and Support)
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TEAM (UK Training in Emergency Airway Management)
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The Havens
https://www.thehavens.org.uk/for-healthcare-professionals/
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- Paediatric acute sexual assault examination and aftercare
- Courtroom skills / witness familiarisation training
British Burn Association Emergency Management of the Severe Burn (EMSB)
https://www.britishburnassociation.org/
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Royal Society of Medicine PEM training days
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South Thames Retrieval Service study days
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Imperial Serious Infection in Children course http://www.imperial.ac.uk/continuing-professional-development/short-courses/medicine/paediatric/msc/serious-infection-in-children/
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British Paediatric Neurology Association PET 1 - Paediatric Epilepsy Training
https://courses.bpna.org.uk/index.php?page=paediatric-epilepsy-training
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Pulvertaft Hand Centre (Royal Derby Hospital) Assessment and Management of Acute Hand Injuries
https://www.pulvertafthandcentre.org.uk/
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NLS (Newborn Life Support, Resus Council)
https://www.resus.org.uk/training-courses/newborn-life-support
E-resources
Don’t Forget the Bubbles – a free up-to-date online open access medical resource specifically for paediatrics. Quickly becoming the first port of call for paediatricians
http://dontforgetthebubbles.com/
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Spotting the Sick Child – free online courses and videos to help hone paediatric assessment skills www.spottingthesickchild.com
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RCPCH Compass website – online learning on a wide range of paediatric topics from the RCPCH
https://rcpch.learningpool.com/login/index.php
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E-Learning for Health
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• Common childhood exanthems
• Image interpretation: Xrays of various paediatric body parts!
• Soft tissue and bony injuries in children
• Urinary collection in children
• Safeguarding children - Level 1 - Introduction to safeguarding children and young people
• Safeguarding children – Level 2 – Recognition, response and record in secondary care
• Safeguarding children – Level 3 – Maintaining and updating competencies.
• Child with a Rash
• Paediatric Intramuscular Ketamine Dissociative Sedation in the ED
• The Irritable Hip ESR and CRP: Should we Bother?
• The use of clinical algorithms in the emergency department management of the limping child
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Image sim – quizzes of 300 paediatric X-rays of each body part, attempting to click on the abnormality or identify a normal image (subscription required)
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CATS (Children’s Acute Transport Service) guidelines (ideal for resuscitation scenarios with a drug calculator too)
http://site.cats.nhs.uk/clinical-guidelines/
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Doctors.org.uk online modules www.doctors.org.uk
• Assessment and management of stridor in the Emergency Department
• Assessment and management of paediatric serious illness
• Assessment and management of the Breathless Child: Bronchiolitis
• Assessment of the breathless child: croup
• Assessment of the breathless child: pneumonia
• Assessment of the febrile child
• Initial management of the fitting child
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UptoDate : extensive summaries of most medical conditions (institution or personal subscription required) https://www.uptodate.com/home
Useful Apps
Paediatric Emergencies (multiple emergency guidelines, links to CATS/STRS/APLS guidance and drug calculator) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.itdcs.paediatricemergency
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Mersey Burns (easily work out the percentage of burns in resus by shading in an electronic tool) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.merseyburns
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Growth Charts (input demographics for instant growth chart measurement) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.incubate.growthcharts
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Biliapp (quickly plot bilirubin levels of neonates on the appropriate graph to decide if they need phototherapy/ exchange or not) Snellen Chart (make neuro exams a little easier and more standardised)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ideas.joaomeneses.snellen
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Toxbase
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.issolutions.toxbasemobileandroid.activity
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Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne (often has useful PEM-specific guidelines which are easily digestible) : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.telerik.cpg
Useful references
Protecting children and young people: the responsibilities of all doctors
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Facing the Future : Standards for children and young people in Emergency Care settings https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/facing-future-standards-children-young-people-emergency-care-settings