Only tickets for day 1 (Thursday 6 June, virtual) are now available. Please email events.gla@gosh.nhs.uk to join the expressions of interest list for the 2025 GOSH Paediatric Long-Term Ventilation Course (dates TBC).
Thursday 6 June, 9:00-17:30: Online lectures
Friday 7 June, 9:00-17:30: Face-to-face (F2F) workshops at Holiday Inn Bloomsbury
A comprehensive 2-day course focusing on the care of children requiring long-term invasive or non-invasive ventilation
Day 1 virtual lecture based teaching on:
- Sleep disordered breathing in children
- Indications and epidemiology of long-term ventilation (invasive and non-invasive ventilation) in children
- From pathophysiology to the practicalities e.g., investigations, initiation, monitoring, escalating/weaning ventilation
- Long-term ventilation and ethical issues
Day 2 face-to-face workshop based teaching on:
- Choice of ventilator and interface, including hands on experience of equipment, mask fitting, circuits
- Clinical scenarios, troubleshooting clinical or equipment problems
- Tracheostomy care
- Introduction to cough assist
Learning objectives:
- Understanding of the indications and epidemiology of long-term ventilation (invasive and non-invasive) in children.
- Provide practical skills around initiation and care of long-term ventilation in children, including choices of ventilators, interface, mask fitting, tracheostomy care and circuits.
- Tips on troubleshoot clinical scenarios and equipment problems.
- Provide an overview of the multidisciplinary input to the care of long-term ventilated children.
Who should attend?
General/Respiratory Paediatric Trainees, Paediatricians, Nurses, Allied Health Care professionals and Carers.
Programme:
The course programme will be added in spring.
Pricing:
Only tickets for day 1 (Thursday 6 June, virtual) are now available:
- £125: Day 1 (6 June) - Nurses & AHP (virtual, 1 day)
- £175: Day 1 (6 June) - Doctors (virtual, 1 day)
Please email events.gla@gosh.nhs.uk if you need to pay via invoice through your Trust/organisation.
GOSH staff wishing to attend can either a) pay via debit/credit card (if they plan to self-fund their ticket) or b) apply through the Study Leave Fund or departmental funds (where applicable). Those applying via route b do not need to complete the registration form on this page. Please submit your study leave funding application and when approved the GLA Events Management Team will manually register you for the course. Please email events.gla@gosh.nhs.uk if you require assistance.
Registration:
Please note that registration will close on Thursday 6 June, 8:00 BST. Dietary requirements for day 2 must be submitted by Wednesday 22 May.
Recording:
Please note that day 1 (6 June) will be recorded (subject to speakers’ consent), with the recording shared with delegates for a short period (up to three months post-event). Day 2 (7 June) will not be recorded.
