Interactive Paediatric ECG Course

Interactive Paediatric ECG Course is organized by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for Children NHS Foundation Trust and will be held on Dec 12, 2024 at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, England, United Kingdom.

Description:
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