INTERNATIONAL PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE
‘STATE OF THE ART’ SYMPOSIUM

Organised by IPACCS (Irish Paediatric Anaesthesia and Critical Care Society)
and the ICSI (Intensive Care Society of Ireland)

ICSI Annual Scientific meeting 2006

THEME – OPTIMISING PICU CARE

to see the programme in pdf format.

FRIDAY JUNE 9TH – 3 SESSIONS

Welcome to congress – convenor of organising committee

OPENING ADDRESS – AN TANAISTE MS. MARY HARNEY T.D.

PRE PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE OF
THE CRITICALLY ILL CHILD (09.00 – 10.30)

A.     PIC skills for the non specialist

        ‘Specialists’ view : – F SHANN (Melbourne, Australia)
        ‘Generalists’ view: – A NICHOLSON (Drogheda, Ireland)

B      How sophisticated does a paediatric retrieval service need to be
        – tales from 2 continents – A KEANEY (Belfast, N.Ireland)

C      Pro / Con debate

        Physicians need strict protocols for definition and
        management of paediatric sepsis in 2006

                 FOR – B CASEY (Dublin, Ireland)
                 AGAINST – D BOHN (Toronto, Canada)

Tea / coffee / trade

OUTCOMES / STAFFING (11.15 – 13.00)

D     Lessons from PICA net thus far – G PEARSON (Birmingham, England)

E     PIC nursing – challenge or crisis – T WALL / M CORBETT (Dublin, Ireland)

F     What is the ideal configuration of health care professionals
       needed to staff a PICU – A DARBYSHIRE (Liverpool, England)

G    The why and how of measuring PIC unit performance
       – F SHANN (Melbourne, Australia)

Lunch / trade

THE CIRCULATION (14.00 – 16.00)

H    New strategies to manage pulmonary hypertension
      in the CICU / PICU – P LAUSSEN (Boston, USA)

I    The failing myocardium – essentials of pharmacologic and
      non pharmacologic support – A GOLDMAN (London, England)

J    Myocarditis / heart muscle disease in the PICU – C MCMAHON (Dublin, Ireland)

K   Glucose, insulin and the heart – D MACRAE (London, England)

      ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION – 15.40 – 16.00

16.30 – Guided boat / walk excursion

SATURDAY JUNE 1OTH – 3 SESSIONS

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE (09.30 – 11.00)

A    Traumatic brain injury in infants and children: mechanisms of secondary damage
      and treatment in the intensive care unit – J HUTCHISON (Toronto, Canada)

B    Role of ultrasound in the PICU – E PHELAN (Dublin, Ireland)

C    Salt, water and cerebral oedema:
      Is it the disease or is it the doctor? – D BOHN (Toronto, Canada)

Tea / coffee / trade

ORAL PRESENTATIONS (11.30 – 12.15)

5 oral presentations of PIC abstracts – cases / case series / original research

KEYNOTE ADDRESS (12.15 – 13.00)

         Optimal configuration of delivery of paediatric intensive care in 2016                                         – Canadian / USA / UK / Australian perspectives

         Contributions from:

                             DES BOHN                         PETER LAUSSEN

                             DUNCAN MACRAE            FRANK SHANN