7th Hands-on Course on
Pediatric Flexible and Rigid Bronchoscopy
June 5 - 6, 2025
Get on the waiting list for the course in June 2025
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Course Location
University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB)
Spitalstrasse 33
4056 Basel
Switzerland
Course Programme
Course language is English
Course Organizer
Prof. Dr. Jürg Hammer, Basel
Faculty
Dr. Georg Henze Oxenius, Zürich
Dr. Carola Schön, München
Prof. Dr. Daniel Trachsel, Basel
Dr. Dirk Schramm, Düsseldorf
Contact
Prof. Dr. Jürg Hammer
Head
Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
UKBB
Registration Fee 2024
CHF 1250.-
GPP, SGPP, SGKA members: CHF 1100.-
(inkl. 2 lunch in the hospital restaurant)
Once you received your confirmation of acceptance, transfer of the registration fee is required until January 31st , 2024 to:
Basler Kantonalbank, Postfach, 4002 Basel
UKBB
IBAN: CH02 0077 0016 0476 0903 5
Purpose: 201505 or "Bronchoscopy course"
SWIFT /BIC: BKBBCHBB
The payment must be carried out without expenses for the beneficiary
Cancellation policy
Upon receipt of a written cancellation, a refund fee minus CHF 50 administrative fee, will be applied up to 8 weeks before the course. After this date no refund will be made for cancellations.
By train:
From the main SBB or Badischer Bahnof railway stations, take bus no. 30 and get off at the "Kinderspital UKBB" bus stop.
By Car:
You can park in the nearby Parkhaus City.
Course content
Target audience
This course is aimed at doctors involved in the management of difficult airways and the extraction of foreign bodies from the airways of children. Advanced intubation skills are recommended.
- Pediatric intensivists (incl. neonatologists)
- Pediatric anesthesiologists
- Pediatric pulmonologists
- others
The course does not include training in broncho-alveolar lavage,
transbronchial needle aspiration or transbronchial biopsies.
Course content
Flexible bronchoscopy
- Handling, anatomy and navigation
- Indications in the PICU and NICU
- Indications in pediatric anesthesia
- Fiberoptic intubation (mask, LMA)
- Selective intubation, endobronchial blocker placement
- Sedation and anesthesia
Rigid bronchoscopy
- Correct handling und learning of the rigid instrumentarium
- Endotracheal intubation with the bronchoscope / telescope
- Navigation in the tracheobronchial tree
- Foreign body extraction
- Anesthesia and peri-interventional management
Equipment
We deliberatly abstain from using living animals for training. We use specially-designed phantoms.
Previous course programmes
Course registration
Registrations are considered and accepted in order of their arrival.
You will receive an email confirmation in response to your registration and you will be added on the waiting list for the next course. We will then confirm your participation as soon as possible with a deadline to pay your registration fee. If the course is fully booked, you are put on a priority list for the next available slot.
The course is under the patronage of the
Swiss Society of Pediatric Pulmonology (SGPP)
German Society of Pediatric Pulmonology (GPP)
Swiss Society of Pediatric Anesthesia (SGKA)
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