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Neonatal Ventilation Course 19th - 21st May 2025 (3 DAY COURSE)

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Dates: Mon 19th May - Wed 21st May 2025
Venue: Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge, CB23 8AQ
Course price: £390.00 - £540.00
Course Administrator:
Molly Brabner
01223 274419

This is a three-day course suitable for Neonatal and Paediatric Consultants, Trainees and Nurse Practitioners who want to have a good understanding of the principles of ventilation and wish to advance their training in this area. 

Programme

Day 1 is a lecture-only date where basic concepts of ventilation are introduced. Days 2 and 3 deal with more advanced concepts of ventilatory practice with practical sessions in the afternoon, where faculty members will present and discuss common clinical scenarios for small groups of participants using various neonatal ventilator models set up for use with artificial lungs. There will also be a video-laryngoscopy session where delegates can learn and practice the use of these devices.

Topics

  • Intubation and video laryngoscopy
  • Basic respiratory physiology
  • Conventional ventilation modes (CMV, SIMV, SIPPV and PSV)
  • Volume targeted ventilation
  • Responding to blood gases and emergencies of ventilated infants
  • Neonatal chest X-ray interpretation
  • Waveforms, loops and patient-ventilator interactions
  • Monitoring ventilation
  • NAVA ventilation
  • HFOV and HFOV-VG
  • Nasal SIPPV and nasal HFOV
  • Disease specific ventilation strategies
  • Point of care lung ultrasound
  • Nitric oxide in the term and preterm infant
  • Echocardiography of the ventilated infant
  • Management of PPHN
  • Ventilation case reviews

Course Director

Dr Gusztav Belteki

Faculty

Dr Gusztav Belteki (Cambridge, UK)

Dr Theodor Dassios (London, UK)

Dr Shazia Hoodbhoy (Cambridge, UK)

Dr Jackie Hughes (Cambridge, UK)

Dr Sajeev Job (Cambridge, UK)

Dr Zoltan Molnar (Oxford, UK)

Dr Gautham Rajendran (Cambridge, UK)

Dr Christoph Ruegger (Zurich, Switzerland)

Dr Sandeep Shetty (London, UK)

Dr Yogen Singh (Cambridge, UK)

Dr Nadya Yousef (Paris, France)

Course Fee

£540 (£480 East of England / £390 Addenbrooke's)

Please be advised that your course fee is refundable for up to 14 days following your application. Thereafter course fees are non-refundable.

Course Dates

19th - 21st May 2024

Venue

Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge, CB23 8AQ