Skills and Simulation in Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia

Course Aims:

- To highlight some of the skills required for providing anaesthesia for children with cardiac disease undergoing both cardiac and non-cardiac procedures

- To undertake high-fidelity simulation to model the anaesthetic management of potential complications that might occur when anaesthetising children with cardiac disease

- To understand how human factors may influence effective leadership and team-working during an unexpected emergency situation in theatre

- To learn about other complementary courses such as the ECMO and SPRINT courses, with more immersive in-situ simulation in theatre or cardiac catheter lab environments

Course Structure:

• Four clinical skills stations
• Two critical situation simulations
• Multidisciplinary team learning
• Technical and human factors debriefing