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Table 2 Schedule of advanced life support program course

From: Paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation training program in Latin-America: the RIBEPCI experience

Title

Educational activities

Duration

Minutes

First session

 Introduction. Preliminary test

Evaluation

45

 Cardiopulmonary arrest. Concepts and prevention in children.

Lecture

30

 Paediatric basic life support.

Lecture

45

 Pediatric basic life support with infant and children manikins

Practical

180

Second session

 Instrumental airway management and ventilation.

Lecture

45

 Instrumental airway management and ventilation

Practical

150

 Vascular access, drugs and fluids.

Lecture

45

 Vascular access, drugs and fluids.

Practical

90

Third session

 Monitoring, diagnose and treatment of arrhythmias.

Lecture

45

 Monitoring, diagnose and treatment of arrhythmias.

Practical

90

 Post-resuscitation stabilization

Lecture

30

 Ethics and resuscitation

Lecture

30

Four session

 Neonatal resuscitation.

Lecture

45

 Neonatal resuscitation.

Practical

120

 Trauma and cardiac arrest

Lecture

45

 Trauma and cardiac arrest

Practical

90

Fifth sessions

 Resuscitation algorithms

Team work

Lecture

45

 Integrated advanced resuscitation

Practical evaluation

Practical

180

 Final evaluation

Evaluation of the course

Evaluation

45