Hospital da Luz Lisboa will organize a news edition of the Paediatric Basic Life Support course. This course, for parents and caretakers, will be given by Hospital da Luz Lisboa paediatricians specialized in child emergency care: Rita Calado , Raquel Ferreira , João Núncio Crispim e Filipa Marques . Day and time: September 26th, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m Place: Hospital da Luz Lisboa Learning Health – Training, Research and Innovation Centre (Hospital da Luz Lisboa, building C) Register here This is an essential course for anyone caring for children. Any child could be a victim of cardiorespiratory arrest, as a result of disease, trauma, drowning, choking or other cause requiring immediate resuscitation; Family and caretakers are usually the first to be faced with situations of cardiorespiratory arrest in children. Therefore, they have the possibility to initiate quite early Basic Life Support manoeuvres (BLS) and call the national emergency service (112). However, a major part of them do not have the notions of paediatric BLS that are decisive for the prospect of recovery of the child. Along this three-hour course, the participants will have the opportunity to learn with Hospital da Luz physicians, how to: Recognize the signs of cardiorespiratory arrest in children and youths; Train BLS manoeuvres in simulators; Perform clearance manoeuvres of the airways, when obstructed by a foreign object. In case of cardiorespiratory arrest, every second counts. Learn how to save lives. Register now!
