4. Hands-on Course on
Pediatric Flexible and Rigid Bronchoscopy
June 8 - 9, 2020
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Target audience
This course is aimed at doctors involved in the management ot 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
- and others
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 the rigid instrumentarium
- Endotracheal intubation with the bronchoscope / telescope
- Navigation in the tracheobronchial tree
- Foreign body extraction
- Anesthesia and peri-interventional management
The course is not a basic course for physicians starting their fellowship in pediatric pulmonology. It does not include training in broncho-alveolar lavage, transbronchial needle aspiration or transbronchial biopsies.
Previous courses
Under the patronage of the German Pediatric Pulmonology Society (GPP), Swiss Society of Pediatric Pulmonology (SGPP) and the Swiss Society of Pediatric Anesthesia (SGKA)