Course Objectives:
- Refresher course for clinicians with an interest in regional anaesthesia for children
- Emphasis on practical aspects
- Lectures from experienced clinicians using multimedia resources to enhancelearning
- Lectures on practical aspects of service provision and patient care
- Small group workshops demonstrating ultrasound techniques on children
- Hands-on experience with ultrasound for children
Lectures:
Regional Anaesthesia in Children (RAC) Course
Principles and practice of regional anaesthesia in children
Practicalities, pharmacology, management complications
Ultrasound-guided blocks of the upper limb
Axillary, infraclavicular, supraclavicular, interscalene
Ultrasound-guided blocks of the lower limb
Femoral, sciatic, saphenous
Ultrasound-guided blocks of the trunk
Ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric, TAP, rectus sheath, paravertebral
Ultrasound-guided blocks of the neuraxis
Spinal, epidural, caudal
Regional anaesthesia for children undergoing orthopaedic surgery – setting up a service
Challenges, complications, audit
Workshops:
Ultrasound-guided blocks of the upper limb on models Ultrasound-guided blocks of the lower limb on models Ultrasound-guided blocks of the trunk and neuraxis on models Parallel Workshop:
Needling Skills
Course Director:
Dr. Peter Lee
Faculty:
Dr. Peter Lee
Dr. Stephen Mannion
Dr. Michael O’Sullivan
Dr. Gabriella Iohom
Dr. Padraig Mahon
Dr. Karthikeyan Srinivasan Dr. Brian O’Donnell
Dr. Frank Loughnane
Cork University Hospital
South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital Cork University Hospital
Cork University Hospital
AMNCH Tallaght
Cork University Hospital
Cork University Hospital
