Australia Permanent Healthcare and Medical Courses

This session addresses the advanced management of the critically ill child and the child in cardiac arrest.

This session looks at practical opioid pharmacology applied to the clinical use of different agents for neonates, infants and small children.

The role of the anaesthetist in caring for children who are known or suspected to be victims of abuse; explaining local child protection procedures with reference to the joint RCPCH/RCoA/APA guideline ‘Child Protection And The Anaesthetist: Safegua

This session explains the key components relevant to the anaesthetist in the perioperative management of a child undergoing urgent appendicectomy and laparotomy.

This session describes postoperative fluid management in children and the clinical response to specific conditions which may arise.

This session will outline the principles of anaesthesia for children with cerebral palsy presenting for elective surgery. It will cover how the severity of cerebral palsy directly affects the techniques chosen

The aim of this session is to put your theoretical knowledge to practical use, by working through a series of scenarios relating to fluid management in children.

This session deals with diagnosis and correction of common electrolyte abnormalities.

Part 1 of this session discusses normal body fluid composition and how this changes with age and normal maintenance fluid requirements. It also looks at the diagnosis and correction of fluid deficits. Part 2 of the session looks at the diagnosis and corre

This session will explore the analgesic effect and toxicity of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in children.