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Paediatric acute care: Highlights from the Paediatric Acute Care-Advanced Paediatric Life Support Conference, Hobart,

Stephen Sze Shing Teo1,2, Ed Oakley3,4,5,6, Jane Stanford7

  • 1Paediatric and Emergency Departments, Blacktown and Mt Druitt Hospitals, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Emergency Medicine Australasia : EMA
|March 28, 2019
PubMed

Insights

The Paediatric Acute Care Conference (PACC) advances paediatric emergency care knowledge for medical professionals. This summary covers key topics presented at the 2018 Hobart conference.

Area of Science:

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Paediatric Care

Background:

  • The Paediatric Acute Care Conference (PACC) is an annual event.
  • APLS Australia organizes PACC to discuss paediatric acute care.
  • It targets clinicians in pre-hospital, ED, paediatric, intensive care, and anaesthesia.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To summarize key presentations from the PACC 2018 conference.
  • To disseminate important updates in paediatric acute care.

Main Methods:

  • Review of selected presentations from PACC 2018.
  • Compilation of key information and insights.

Main Results:

  • Highlights of advancements and best practices in paediatric acute care.
  • Discussion of critical topics relevant to clinicians.

Conclusions:

  • The PACC conference is vital for ongoing professional development.
  • Sharing PACC insights helps improve paediatric emergency care delivery.

Keywords:
childemergency departmentpaediatric acute care

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