Paediatric Life Support Seminar (PLS)
The Seminar is addressed to specialists and resident doctors, nurses, and health professionals involved in emergency medicine and basic life support for children and infants.
The Seminar, through interactive teaching techniques, provides theoretical knowledge and practical training in:
• the prevention and treatment of cardiorespiratory obstruction in children and infants,
• the implementation of strategies for the initial treatment of life threatening situations or injuries in children and infants.
The Seminar includes:
• Teaching and participating in virtual scenarios of clinical cases
• Lectures
• Practical training in skill stations for:
- Management of the airway
- Use of defibrillator
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and foreign body choking
- Placement of intraosseous and umbilical vein line
• Tutoring in special issues related to paediatric emergencies
• Education in virtual scenarios of seriously ill children.
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.
- 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:
P.L.S. Seminars (Paediatric Life Support)
December 11th 2023 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Siteia, Crete for 18 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
December 5th 2023 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Herakleion, Crete for 9 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
September 12th 2023 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Agios Nikolaos, Crete for 20 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
December 16th 2022 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Herakleion, Crete for 24 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
November 5th & 6th 2022 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Rethymno, Crete for 37 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
September 18th 2021 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Chania, Crete for 24 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
October 19th 2019 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held in Ierapetra, Crete for 24 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
June 8th 2019 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the University of Crete for 22 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
June 30th 2018 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held at Chania of Crete for 24 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
May 5th 2018 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the University of Crete for 24 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
December 16th 2017 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held at Rethymno of Crete for 22 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
October 6th-7th 2017 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held at Siteia of Crete for 22 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
May 6th 2017 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the University of Crete for 24 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
February 4th 2017 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the University of Crete for 26 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
December 17th 2016 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the University of Crete for 27 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
September 10th 2016 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the University of Crete for 26 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
May 18th 2013 a Paediatric Life Support seminar held at the University of Crete for 24 Nurses was partially funded by Hellenic Petroleum.
January 18th and 19th 2013 two Paediatric Life Support seminars held at the University of Crete for 51 Nurses was partially funded by Pedtrauma.
B.L.S. Seminars (Basic Life Support)
June 12th 2010 a Basic Life Support seminar held at the Children’s Hospital “Aghia Sophia” for 24 Nurses, which our Society funded in full.
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.
