Skills Course: Interventional Bronchoscopy (Nov 19 - 21, 2024)

Skills Course: Interventional Bronchoscopy is organized by European Respiratory Society (ERS) and will be held from Nov 19 - 21, 2024 at Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH | Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

Description:
This course is aimed at qualified medical doctors/pulmonologists with previous experience in performing regular bronchoscopies, who want to further train in diagnostic and therapeutic interventional pulmonology. The course is devoted to hands-on workshops and theoretical teaching of different interventional procedures in accordance with international requirements.

Participants will have the opportunity to practice live flexible and rigid bronchoscopy on airway models.

Topics Include:

• Indications, contraindications, limitations and risks of diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy (flexible and rigid)
• Introduction to bronchoscopic equipment
• Principles of patient preparation for bronchoscopy and evaluation prior to each procedure
• Principles of sedation
• Anatomical findings of the airways
• Description of the different bronchoscopy techniques
• Selection of appropriate patients for each procedure
• Interpretation of results
• Support post-procedure care and management of complications
• Management of anticoagulation therapy before and after the procedure
• Effective communication with the patient about the risks, benefits and results of the procedure