Interactive Paediatric ECG Course
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TARGET AUDIENCE:
Paediatric, A&E, neonatal consultants, trainees and ANPs
Paediatric cardiology trainees and ANPs
(basic ECG knowledge required)
LEARNING AIMS:
The Interactive Paediatric ECG Course is specifically designed for those who want to become confident in the interpretation of paediatric ECG. Learning will be enhanced by in-depth review of a very large number of traces covering the full spectrum of ECG abnormalities.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:
– Understand the characteristics of a normal ECG
– Make the difference between an adult and a paediatric ECG
– Develop an approach to tachycardias (irregular / regular, narrow / wide complex)
– Discuss the indications and contraindications of Adenosine
– Know how to approach atrial / ventricular ectopy
– Understand blocks (sinoatrial, atrioventricular, fascicular, bundle branch blocks)
– Recognise signs of atrial enlargement and ventricular hypertrophy
– Explore the differential diagnosis of ST-segment changes
– Recognise various types of T-wave abnormalities
SPEAKER:
Dr Filip Kucera, Consultant in Paediatric Cardiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital
PROGRAMME:
8:55 – 9:00 Introduction
9:00 – 9:20 ECG basics
- Characteristics of the normal ECG, paediatric vs adult ECG
- Heart rate – quick calculation methods (regular vs irregular rhythms)
- QRS axis – what is still a normal axis and how to determine it easily
- Interactive practice exercises, questions
9:20 – 10:30 Tachycardias
- Mechanisms of tachycardias
- Irregular vs regular narrow complex tachycardias
- Wide complex tachycardias – when what looks like a VT is not always a VT
- Adenosine – when to give it, when to avoid it
- Interactive practice exercises, questions
10:30 – 10:40 Ectopy
- Atrial ectopy – how much is too much
- Ventricular ectopy – when to worry
- Interactive practice exercises, questions
10:40 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 11:45 Conduction blocks
- Conductive tissue of the heart, escape rhythms
- Sinoatrial blocks
- Atrioventricular blocks
- Fascicular and bundle branch blocks
- Interactive practice exercises, questions
11:45 – 12:10 Atrial enlargement, ventricular hypertrophy
- Right, left, bi-atrial enlargement
- Right, left, bi-ventricular hypertrophy
- Interactive practice exercises, questions
12:10 – 13:00 LUNCH (provided)
13:00 – 13:40 ST-segment changes
- Myocardial ischaemia – never miss an ischaemic trace
- Pericarditis – different stages explained
- Early repolarization pattern
- Brugada syndrome – patterns to always remember
- Other conditions associated with ST changes
- Interactive practice exercises, questions
13:40 – 13:55 T-wave changes, long QT syndrome
- T wave abnormalities
- Long QT syndrome – not just about QTc prolongation
- Interactive practice exercises, questions
13:55 – 14:00 BREAK
14:00 – 15:15 Practice exercise session: real life clinical scenarios
15:15 – 15:20 Final remarks
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