The Advanced Paediatric Life Support (A.P.L.S.) program is designed to train health professionals in dealing with the most common paediatric life threatening conditions. The sole purpose of the seminar is the education in the systematic approach of the seriously ill child. During the program, various teaching methods are used, such as lectures, skill stations (hands on) with the use of material equipment as well as scenarios simulating clinical situations.
In particular, the candidates are trained:
1. to provide basic and specialized life support to a cardiac arrest
2. in the identification and provision of emergency care to seriously ill children either due to injury or due to serious illness
3. in the management of the airway
4. in the safe application of defibrillation to the cardiac arrest
5. in skills related to vascular access, immobilization of the injured child, surgical airway and chest drainage.
Apart from enabling doctors to follow these extremely important seminars (see below) on child trauma, Pedtrauma has been asked to fund the purchase of equipment (such as infant and baby dolls) for these seminars.
- May 2022: online educational material for “APLS Hellas” seminar (cost € 2.689,65)
- October 2021: equipment for the Educational Center of Emergency Medicine in the University General Hospital “ATTIKON” (Sponsors: Anonymous Donor, Hellenic Society for Emergency Medicine, and “Friends of Pediatric Trauma Care”) (cost € 10.382,64)
- October 2021: equipment for the Educational Center of Emergency Medicine in the University Hospital of Irakleion – Crete “PAGNI” (Sponsors: Anonymous Donor, Hellenic Society for Emergency Medicine, and “Friends of Pediatric Trauma Care”) (cost € 10.382,64)
- September 2019: equipment for “APLS Hellas” seminars (cost € 3,286.74)
- July 2019: equipment for APLS seminars in Crete (cost € 3,025.84)
- June 2017: equipment for “APLS Hellas” seminars (cost € 553.61)
- May 2014: equipment for “APLS Hellas” seminars (cost € 1,550)
- January 2013: equipment for APLS seminars in Crete (cost € 5,832)
- June 2011: equipment for “APLS Hellas” seminars (cost € 4,575).
The “A.P.L.S. Hellas” and “A.P.L.S. Crete” seminars Pedtrauma has funded are as follows:
May 18th & 19th 2024 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Irakleion, Crete, for 8 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
April 27th & 28th 2024 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Athens, for 32 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
January 27th & 28th 2024 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Thessaloniki, for 32 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
January 27th & 28th 2024 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Chania Crete, for 25 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
November 18th & 19th 2023 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Athens, for 32 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
May 6th & 7th 2023 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Athens, for 27 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
March 4th & 5th 2023 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Thessaloniki, for 32 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
December 3rd & 4th 2022 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Irakleion, Crete, for 17 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
November 19th & 20th 2022 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Athens, for 26 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
June 25th & 26th 2022 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Irakleion, Crete, for 21 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
May 21st & 22nd 2022 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Athens, for 32 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
January 22nd & 23rd 2022 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Irakleion, Crete, for 24 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
November 6th & 7th 2021 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Athens, for 32 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
October 9th & 10th 2021 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Irakleion, Crete, for 24 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
January 25th & 26th 2020 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the Paediatric Developmental Center “Apostolos Fokas” in the “Ippocration” Thessaloniki’s General Hospital for 32 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
November 30th & December 1st 2019 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at Ibis Styles Hotel Heraklion central (Heraklion, Crete) for 32 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
November 2nd-3rd 2019 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at ELPEN S.A. (Pikermi, Athens) for 29 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
May 25th-26th 2019 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the IASO Paidon for 30 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
February 2nd-3rd 2019 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the University of Crete for 25 Doctors was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
October 20th-21st 2018 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the Porto Palace Hotel inThessaloniki for 30 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
May 12th-13th 2018 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the IASO Paidon for 31 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
March 3rd-4th 2018 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at University of Crete for 20 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
November 4th-5th 2017 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the University of Crete for 24 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
October 7th-8th 2017 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the Porto Palace Hotel inThessaloniki for 34 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
May6th-7th 2017 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the IASO Paidon for 36 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
June 25th-26th 2016 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the University of Crete for 28 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
March 20th 2016 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held for the Scientific Society of Hellenic Medical Students for 50 Students was funded by Pedtrauma.
December 12th-13th 2015 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the Athens Medical Group for 35 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
June 6th-7th 2015 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the IASO Paidon for 20 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
March 20th-22th 2015 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the University of Crete for 24 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
March14th-15th 2015 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the Porto Palace Hotel in Thessalonikifor for 32 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
Novemberr 29th-30th 2014 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the Hotel “Amalia” for 32 Doctors and Surgeons, 2 of which were doctors of the Ambulance Medical Services,” E.K.A.V.”, was partially funded by Pedtrauma thanks to the generous sponsorship by the Company owning the Group “Amalia Hotels”.
September 13th-14th 2014 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the Porto Palace Hotel in Thessalonikifor for 24 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
May 9th-11th 2014 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the Hotel “Amalia” for Doctors and Surgeons. Pedtrauma partially financed the participation of doctors from the Ambulance Medical Services,” E.K.A.V.”
January 24th-26th 2014 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the University of Crete for 23 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
December 13th-15th 2013 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the Hotel “Amalia” for 32 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma thanks to the generous sponsorship by the Company owning the Group “Amalia Hotels”.
April 26th-28th 2013 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the Hotel “Amalia” for 35 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma thanks to the generous sponsorship by the Company owning the Group “Amalia Hotels”.
November 9th-11th 2012 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the Hotel “Amalia” for 32 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma thanks to the generous sponsorship by the Company owning the Group “Amalia Hotels”.
February 10th-12th 2012 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the Children’s Hospital “Aghia Sophia” for 32 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
September 24th- 26th 2010 an Advanced Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the “Attiko” Hospital for 27 Doctors and Surgeons was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
From March 2000 to November 2009 Pedtrauma organized 15 Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) seminars for doctors and surgeons, and 3 Basic Life Support (BLS) seminars for nurses. These seminars were held in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore. The sole purpose of these seminars was to train surgeons, doctors, nurses and Ambulance paramedics on how to help injured children the fastest and best way possible.
Through these seminars 510 Doctors and 90 Nurses were trained by visiting Professors from the Johns Hopkins University Hospital and their Greek counterparts.
In early 2010 our Charity decided, due to the deteriorating economic climate, to collaborate with “APLS Hellas” and instead of organizing seminars ourselves to use our resources to partially fund the doctors’ participation fee and to wholly fund the nurses’ participation fee in these seminars.
Sponsors
These seminars were conducted thanks to the kind donation of:
– Anonymοus Donor
–“AMALIA” Group of Hotels
– Horizon Travel
– La Chocolatiere
– “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital
– University General Hospital “ATTIKON”
– Elpen S.A. – Pharmaceutical Industry
– Hygeia Hospital
– Johnson & Johnson Hellas
– Delta S.A.
– Alpha Insurance
– Hilton Athens
– Marika Eliades Foundation
The Charity “Pediatric Trauma Care” would like to thank all its generous sponsors and supporters.
