Südtirol AHA- & ERC-guidelines meet in 1 bilingual ...1 bilingual paediatric instructor course:...

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SIMEUP Società Italiana Medicina Emergenza Urgenza Pediatrica Paediatric Basic Life Support Centro di Riferimento PBLS-Referenzausbildungszentrum Südtirol Introduction: the world of Paed. Resuscitation is well defined by worldwide consensus document of ILCOR International Liason Committee of Resuscitation. Isn’t it? Continental guidelines derived from ILCOR for continental use seem to be usefull. But what is happen, if there are courses from 2 continents in 1 area with different guidelines and course concepts? Aims: Harmonization and Exchange of bi-/trilingual instructors and cooperation in teaching paediatric resuscitation between 2 culturally, linguistically and geographically similar areas, but divided by guidelines: SwitzerlandAHA American Heart Association since 1996/ Southtyrol-ERC European Resuscitation Council since 2003: German, Raetoromanic, Italian. Only Switzerland: French Methods: screening of existing courses in both areas in 2003: Switzerland: PALS Paed. Adv. Life Support- AHA / no PBLSPaed. Basic Life Support, Southtyrol: EPLS European Paed. Life Support-ERC-course, Italian PBLS/ PALS-courses of SIMEUP Ital. Soc. Of Paed. Emergency Medicine since 1998. Formal possibilities to integrate? SRC Swiss Resuscitation Council introduced a fexible system for recognition of PBLS- courses: national requisits & audit of different PBLS- courses for SRC-quality-label. In this framework Ital. PBLS-courses of PBLS Trainingcenter Southtyrol c/o White Cross has been introduced in Switzerland. Southtyrolean PBLS-courses inside the Italian teaching network obtained SRC-quality-label. Results: Thanks to SRC-System to label PBLS-courses, Ital. PBLS-course despite of less flexible Italian system (as AHA/ERC, too) has been introduced in the spirit of European integration. The same Italian course is running in the swiss Canton Ticino/Tessin in Italian since 2003 following AHA-guidelines and in Southtyrol since 1998 in German/Italian following ERC-guidelines. Joint Ital.-Swiss PBLS-instructor course has been realized the first time in 2007 following ERC- and AHA-guidelines in German/Italian. Exchange of EPLS-ERC- and PALS-AHA-instructors was promoted inside formal recognition provided by ERC/AHA since 2003. This PBLS/PALS/EPLS-System has been promoted by Southtyrolean/Swiss instructors in cooperation with 15 countries since 2003/2004 in Germany/Austria. Conclusion: Interregional cooperation inside cultural/linguistic spaces wished by EU is possible despite different guidelines. Good Paed. Resuscitation is possible using all available systems integrating quality thanks to joint instructor teams. AHA- & ERC-guidelines meet in 1 bilingual paediatric instructor course: Alpine valley between Switzerland & Southtyrol Wermter B. 1 , Anselmi L. 2 1 PBLS Paediatric Basic Life Support Reference Center Southtyrol, SIMEUP Italian Society of Emergency Medicine, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy 2 PaediatricAnaesthesia, EOC Ospedale Cantonale, Bellinzona/Ticino, Switzerland Contacts: Burkhard J. Wermter [email protected] www.provinz.bz.it/se/PaedNotMed www.mh-hannover.de/paedsim.html Luciano Anselmi [email protected] in cooperation with: Weisses Kreuz Croce Bianca President: Georg Rammlmair Referat Ausbildung Uff. Formazione Head: Marco Comploi Via Lorenz Böhler Str. 3 I 39100 Bozen/Bolzano (BZ) MHH Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Pädiatrische Kardiologie & Intensivmedizin Head of Department: Armin Wessel Head of PICU: Michael Sasse Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1 D 30625 Hannover AP276

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SIMEUPSocietà Italiana Medicina Emergenza Urgenza Pediatrica

Paediatric Basic Life SupportCentro di Riferimento PBLS-Referenzausbildungszentrum

Südtirol

Introduction: the world of Paed. Resuscitation is welldefined by worldwide consensus document of ILCORInternational Liason Committee of Resuscitation. Isn’tit? Continental guidelines derived from ILCOR forcontinental use seem to be usefull. But what ishappen, if there are courses from 2 continents in 1area with different guidelines and course concepts?

Aims: Harmonization and Exchange of bi-/trilingualinstructors and cooperation in teaching paediatricresuscitation between 2 culturally, linguistically andgeographically similar areas, but divided byguidelines: Switzerland–AHA American HeartAssociation since 1996/ Southtyrol-ERC EuropeanResuscitation Council since 2003: German,Raetoromanic, Italian. Only Switzerland: French

Methods: screening of existing courses in both areasin 2003: Switzerland: PALS Paed. Adv. Life Support-AHA / no PBLSPaed. Basic Life Support, Southtyrol:EPLS European Paed. Life Support-ERC-course, ItalianPBLS/ PALS-courses of SIMEUP Ital. Soc. Of Paed.Emergency Medicine since 1998. Formal possibilitiesto integrate? SRC Swiss Resuscitation Councilintroduced a fexible system for recognition of PBLS-courses: national requisits & audit of different PBLS-courses for SRC-quality-label. In this framework Ital.PBLS-courses of PBLS Trainingcenter Southtyrol c/oWhite Cross has been introduced in Switzerland.Southtyrolean PBLS-courses inside the Italianteaching network obtained SRC-quality-label.

Results: Thanks to SRC-System to label PBLS-courses,Ital. PBLS-course despite of less flexible Italiansystem (as AHA/ERC, too) has been introduced in thespirit of European integration. The same Italiancourse is running in the swiss Canton Ticino/Tessin inItalian since 2003 following AHA-guidelines and inSouthtyrol since 1998 in German/Italian followingERC-guidelines. Joint Ital.-Swiss PBLS-instructorcourse has been realized the first time in 2007following ERC- and AHA-guidelines in German/Italian.Exchange of EPLS-ERC- and PALS-AHA-instructors waspromoted inside formal recognition provided byERC/AHA since 2003. This PBLS/PALS/EPLS-System hasbeen promoted by Southtyrolean/Swiss instructors incooperation with 15 countries since 2003/2004 inGermany/Austria.

Conclusion: Interregional cooperation insidecultural/linguistic spaces wished by EU is possibledespite different guidelines. Good Paed.Resuscitation is possible using all available systemsintegrating quality thanks to joint instructor teams.

AHA- & ERC-guidelines meet in 1 bilingual paediatric instructor course:

Alpine valley between Switzerland & Southtyrol

Wermter B. 1, Anselmi L. 2

1 PBLS Paediatric Basic Life Support Reference Center Southtyrol, SIMEUP Italian Society of Emergency Medicine, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy2 Paediatric Anaesthesia, EOC Ospedale Cantonale, Bellinzona/Ticino, Switzerland

Contacts:

Burkhard J. Wermter

[email protected]/se/PaedNotMedwww.mh-hannover.de/paedsim.html

Luciano [email protected]

in cooperation with:

Weisses Kreuz –Croce BiancaPresident: Georg RammlmairReferat Ausbildung – Uff. FormazioneHead: Marco ComploiVia Lorenz Böhler Str. 3I 39100 Bozen/Bolzano (BZ)

MHH Medizinische Hochschule HannoverPädiatrische Kardiologie & Intensivmedizin

Head of Department: Armin WesselHead of PICU: Michael SasseCarl-Neuberg-Straße 1D 30625 Hannover

AP276