The Paediatric ENT Skills Course (PESC) aims to provide the inter-professional team working framework for the refreshment of the knowledge, skills, behaviours and attitudes to manage paediatric airway emergencies and improve paediatric patient care.
This course is aimed at all ENT Consultants and SAS doctors in non-specialist or specialist hospitals who are based in the UK. It provides a high quality educational opportunity for ENT surgeons to enhance their capacity and confidence in the management of acute paediatric airway emergencies.
The Paediatric ENT Skills Course has been developed to enhance paediatric emergency care by refreshing knowledge, practising skills and reviewing behaviours and attitudes in terms of:
- Understanding human factors in the emergency setting
- Understanding the pathology of paediatric airway obstruction
- Understanding the important factors involved in inter-hospital transfer
- Recognising the seriously ill child
- Understanding the management of paediatric airway obstruction
- Understanding the management of paediatric haemorrhagic shock
- Understanding of indications and surgical technique of paediatric tracheostomy
- Paediatric Bronchoscopy and removal of foreign bodies
- Clinical management of paediatric airway obstruction
- Clinical management of haemorrhagic shock
- Clinical management of post-tracheostomy complications
In order to qualify for a place on this course you will need to be an ENT Consultant or SAS doctor, practising in the UK. Places will prioritised for ENT UK members in the first instance and will then be open to non-members on a first come first served basis.
Survey & Certificates
After the event, all attendees will receive an email to complete a post-event survey (please check spam folders too). An attendance certificate will be automatically sent to you upon submitting the survey. The survey and certificate can also be accessed by going to the events section of your ENT UK member's area.
Even if you are not a member, you can still access the certificate by logging into the account that you created to register for the event.
This event was approved for CPD/CME by ENT UK with 7 points awarded
Organised by: ENT UK of ENT UK