DAY ONE

45 minutes

“Minor injury”: pitfalls and perils.

Dr Ffion Davies

Consultant in Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

  • Atypical head injury
  • Limp
  • Could it be NAI?
  • Subtle fractures
  • Toddlers and teenagers
  • Case scenarios

09:40 - 10:30

Gastro Emergencies

Dr Protima Deb

Consultant in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Royal London Hospital

  • GI bleeding – urgent and less urgent causes
  • Gastroenteritis – the acute management
  • Reflux and regurgitation
  • Non-surgical causes of abdominal pain
  • Foreign bodies in the GI tract
  • COVID-19 Gastro symptoms

45 minutes

Paediatric Radiology in the ED

Dr Saira Haque

Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London

  • Fractures not to miss in the paediatric upper and lower limb
  • Interpretation of paediatric cervical spine x-rays
  • Paediatric chest imaging in the ED
  • Imaging of COVID in children

45 minutes

Infections and fever in young Children (inc. COVID-19)

Dr Alasdair Munro

Clinical Research Fellow in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, The NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility 

  • Is the child sick? – The assessment
  • Is this a COVID-19 presentation?
  • COVID presenting to ED - The asymptomatic child and the child who had it.
  • When is fever a problem?
  • The well child with a purpuric rash - differential diagnosis and disposal
  • How not to miss Kawasaki's disease in the ED

45 minutes

Stabilising the Critically Ill Child in the DGH

Dr Andrew Jones

CATS (Children’s Acute Transport Service) and PICU (Paediatric Intensive Care Unit) Consultant, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London

  • The child with stridor
  • Paediatric airway and early intubation
  • Use of inotropes
  • Sepsis and Goal Directed Therapy
  • When to stop resuscitation – futility
  • The child with COVID-19
  • Transport – why, when, how

45 minutes

Analgesia and Procedural Sedation

Dr Ffion Davies

Consultant in Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

  • Which analgesic by which route
  • How to manage risk associated with procedural sedation
  • Regional Anaesthesia – pros and cons

45 minutes

Paediatric Mental Health

Dr Valeria Parlatini

Clinical Lecturer in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and ST6 in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, King’s College London

DAY TWO

45 minutes

Is It a Fit or a Faint?

Dr Marietta Pal-Magdics

Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, King's College Hospital, London

  • Is it cardiac?
  • Metabolic causes/presentations
  • Why and when do an ECG
  • Central nervous causes
  • Febrile convulsions – who needs a septic screen?
  • Management of the child with a first fit

45 minutes

Legal Issues and Consent in Paediatric Emergencies

Dr Sally Old

Medicolegal Adviser, MDU Services Limited

  • Refusal to treatment – what are the child’s rights?
  • Knowing your rights
  • Consent in emergencies and COVID-19
  • COVID-19. Any issues?
  • PPE and changes in practice

45 minutes

Paediatric Toxicology at the ED

Dr Laura Hunter

Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

45 minutes

Paediatric Surgery Problems in the Emergency Department

Mr Joseph Curry

Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London

45 minutes

Recent changes in NAI

Dr Sreena Das

Consultant Paediatrician with Rheumatology interest, Named Doctor for Children's Safeguarding, Lead for CDR, King's College Hospital, London

45 minutes

Imaging in NAI

Dr Marina Easty

Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London

  • Modalities
  • Epidemiology
  • Common injuries and common presentation
  • Skeletal survey and additional views

45 minutes

Common Problems in Neonates and Young Infants

Dr Maria Chalia

Neonatal Consultant, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London

  • Feeding problems
  • Poor weight gain – when to discharge, when to admit
  • The crying infant – diagnosis and management
  • Benign skin appearances
  • Jaundice
  • Critically Ill neonates