2024
Allied Health Highlights from #WFPICCS24
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November 3, 2024, at 8.00 pm UTC
November 11, 2024, at 10.00 am UTC
These two webinars share allied health presentations from WFPICCS24 in Cancun.
WFPICCS Webinar Traveling Around the PedsICU Community: Pediatric Neuro Critical Care
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September 10, 2024, at 2.30pm UTC
This webinar discusses the management of pediatric neuro critical care patients in low resource settings with cases presented by trainees from Africa and India. Our expert speaker for this webinar is Hari Krishnan, MD, Consultant Pediatric Intensivist from Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
WFPICCS Nursing Webinar Series: Strategies for Nurse Retention in Pediatric Critical Care: Addressing Moral Distress and Beyond
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April 17, 2024, at 1.30 pm UTC
Research indicates a correlation between moral distress and occupational strain, impacting nurse retention. Moral distress entails the physical or mental anguish experienced when perceived moral obligations are hindered by internal or external limitations. Nurses often face barriers, such as educational or structural constraints, lack of resources, or limited authority, impeding their ability to align actions with ethical principles. Feelings of stress, burnout, emotional fatigue, and dissatisfaction with work conditions can stem from moral distress.
Addressing moral distress within organizations could lead to benefits such as increased nurse satisfaction, decreased staff turnover, and, ultimately, improved patient care quality. Therefore, it’s crucial for healthcare providers to acknowledge and mitigate moral distress to nurture clinicians’ psychological well-being and moral resilience.
Our speakers from the US, South Africa, the UK, and Sweden explore strategies that are applicable to all resource-setting health systems.
WFPICCS Traveling Around the Global #PedsICU Community: Management of Pediatric Sepsis
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March 27, 2024 at 2pm UTC
This webinar discusses the current guidelines and management of severely ill pediatric patients with sepsis who are admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit. Dr. Harshvardhan, a PCCM trainee doctor at Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Secunderabad, India and Drs. Leland and Brito, pediatric critical care fellows, and Dr. Randolph, pediatric critical care attending, from Boston Children’s Hospital will present cases and perspectives across diverse clinical environments. Dr. Tex Kissoon will discuss the recently released Phoenix Guidelines for Pediatric Sepsis and Shock.
“Clinical Use and Implementation of Lung Ultrasound for Physiotherapy”
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March 7th, 2024 at 10 am UTC
Learning objectives:
- Understand how to set up ultrasound machine for clinical use including probe choice and adjustment of properties to achieve best image for LUS
- Interpretation of commonly seen LUS images
- How to score lung aeration using a systematic scanning method
- Understanding of the various clinical uses for LUS for physiotherapy
- Recommendations for safe implementation in practice
2023
“Could It Be Sepsis?”
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March 27th, 2024 at 2 pm UTC
Pediatric sepsis is the leading cause of mortality in critically ill children, the WFPICCS allied health pharmacists are looking at what sepsis is, how we diagnose sepsis, pathways that help diagnosis, empiric antimicrobials treatments in different countries and differences in the country, what are we doing to improve outcomes? Remember to consider in a critically ill child, “Could this be Sepsis?” this question could save the child’s life.
Occupational Therapy Role in the PICU
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July 19th 2023 at 11am UTC
Another valuable AHP Committee webinar, featuring Sonia Riley, an Occupational Therapist (OT) from Australia, and Lisa Hoffman, an OT from Canada who lead this case-based webinar, outlining the OT perspective and role as related to cases. Followed by a discussion and takeaway ideas, including tips for quick wins which can be used in high or low-resource settings. Don’t miss this exciting and valuable webinar
2022
WFPICCS Traveling around the Global #PedsICU Community –Managing raised intracranial pressure in children: Challenges from LMIC + HIC
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March 16th 2022 at 11am UTC
Expert Speakers
- Michaela Waak, Australia
- Shamiel Salie, South Africa
Trainees
- Khiu Fu Lung, Borneo
- Justica Amisah, Ghana
- Thomas Main, UK
Panelists:
- Intikhab Zafurallah (Zaf), UK
- Hari Krishnan, UK
- Tracey Rowberry, UK
- Olive Lee, Malaysia
- Chor Yek Kee, Malaysia
Play in the ICU: Perspectives from a Hospital Play Specialist and a Child Life Specialist
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February 17th 2022 at 4pm EST/ 9pm UK / 11pm SAST / 5am SGT / 8am AEDT
Speakers:
- Caroline Potter, Senior Child Life Specialist, USA
- Cath Hubbuck, Registered Health Play Specialist, UK
Moderator: Sarah Wright, Australia
Webinar summary:
“During this webinar, a child life specialist in the United States and a health play specialist in Great Britain, will share their perspectives on the importance of play in the ICU. Included will be the different approaches taken by these professions plus suggestions on how settings without a specific play professional can incorporate play into the ICU setting. Two case vignettes will also be shared in order to illustrate types of play interventions and adaptations for the ICU patient and environment.”
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2021
Care of the critically ill infant a team approach using the PICU Liberation bundled care strategy
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July 28th 2021 at 8pm AEST
The AHP Committee’s first webinar was organised by the Queensland Children’s Hospital allied health team presented a case study for a critically ill child with complex and diverse challenges. The team of dietitians, music therapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, social workers and speech pathologists presented how the team collaborated to provide patient centered care during the child’s PICU stay. The presentation focused on how the bundled strategy using PICU Liberation principles facilitated management. they also reviewed lessons learnt and put forward points for discussion.
WFPICCS Traveling Around the Global #PedsICU Community: Managing acute kidney injury in high vs low resource settings – differences and challenges
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December 2nd 2021 at 4pm GMT
Expert speaker
- Mignon McCulloch, Paediatric Nephrologist, South Africa
Trainee Speakers:
- Caroline Quintana, Senior PCCM Fellow, USA
- Usha Nandini, Senior PCCM Fellow, India
- Fadhila Tekka, PCCM Fellow, Tanzania
Panelists:
- Intikhab Zafurallah (Zaf), Pediatric Intensivist, UK
- Amelie von Saint Andre- Von Arnim, Pediatric Intensivist, USA
- Sebastián González, Pediatrician, Uruguay
- Milind Jambagi, Paediatric Intensivist, India
