Course Duration : 2 Days After Reading Manual for 3 Months
About Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS)
We manage to run successfully, two APLS courses approved by American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) and American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) in year 2015 in Zimbabwe. A team of 4 specialists were invited to Zimbabwe to help run the course. They were led by an APLS course director.
Waseem Hafeez, MD, FAAP
Medical Director
Pediatric Education Development Society Intl
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Division of Pediatric ER
The Children’s Hospital At Montefiore
Pediatric ER: 718-741-2150
Course Content
1. Pediatric Assessment
2. Pediatric Airway in Health and Disease
Pediatric Airway M Health and Disease I
Pediatric Airway in Health and Disease 11
Pediatric Airway in Health and Disease 111
3. Shock
4. Cardiovascular System
5. Central Nervous System
6. Trauma
Trauma I
Trauma 11
7. Child Maltreatment
8. Nontraumatic Surgical Emergencies
Nontraumatic Surgical Emergencies 1
Nontraumatic Surgical Emergencies 11
9. Nontraumatic Orthopedic Emergencies
10. Medical Emergencies
Medical Emergencies i
Medical Emergencies ii
11. Neonatal Emergencies
12. Procedural Sedation and Analgesia
13. Children with Special Health Care Needs
16. Metabolic Disease
Metabolic Disease I
Metabolic Disease II
17. Environmental Emergencies
18. Toxicology
19. Interface with Emergency Medical Services
20. Disaster Management
21. Preparedness for Acts of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Terrorism
23. Medical-Legal Considerations
24. Imaging Decision-Making Strategies and Considerations