Webinars for the Multidisciplinary Team

2024

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 16^th 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 17^th 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.