Description

Course introduction

A two-day course with a daily a lecture-based module of 5 hours each day where basic concepts of bronchoscopy, normal airway anatomy and most important critical care airway pathologies will be addressed, along with practical modules where participants will be able to practice with a flexible bronchoscope and perform diagnostic and therapeutic interventions as well as difficult airway management through specific bronchoscopy mannequins and simulator.

What you will learn

Basic principles in Flexible Bronchoscopy in paediatric critical care patients.
Indications for FB in PICU.
Understanding of the principles to undertake FB.
Hands-on technical skills for FB.
Practice in different models and simulated scenarios.

Course sessions

Technical overview of flexible scopes
Indications/contraindications and safety
Anaesthesia and organizational aspects of flexible
bronchoscopy in ICU
Normal anatomy
Upper airway abnormalities
Lower airway abnormalities
Tracheobronchomalacia
Bronchoalveolar lavage, brush and
Biopsies
Fibrotic intubation and difficult airway

Practical sessions

How to access upper airway and pass vocal cords.
Nostril, LMA access and Navigation of Flexible Bronchoscopy across
tracheobronchial tree
Diagnostic use of Flexible Bronchoscopy
Foreign body diagnosis and extraction
Fibrotic intubation in setting of Difficult airway
Bronchoscopy in neonates
How to treat lung collapse and re inflate lungs
Bronchoscopy in severe Asthma
Bronchoscopy in haemoptysis
Vascular compressions
Bronchoscopy in ECMO
Foreign Bodies
Advances in interventional bronchoscopy
Multidisciplinary teams and learning path
Treatment of Atelectasias and reinflation
Bronchial isolation techniques
MEGACODE I vs stents/EB valves
MEGACODE II

Location

Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge, CB23 8AQ

Map

Cost

Course fee £850

Course Director

Antonio Perez-Iranzo. PICU consultant, Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Birmingham

Course Organisers

Dr Juan-Ramon Valle Ortiz, PICU & Retrieval Consultant, Paediatric and Neonatal Decision Support and Retrieval service
Dr. Sajeev Job, NICU & Retrieval Consultant, Paediatric and Neonatal Decision Support and Retrieval service

Faculty

Antonio Perez-Iranzo. PICU consultant, Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Birmingham
Andrew Nyman. PICU consultant, Evelina Children’s Hospital. London
Andrew Durward. Consultant in Paediatric Critical Care. Sidra Hospital. Doha
Amy Chan-Dominy. Consultant Paediatric & Adult ICM. Royal Brompton Hospital