EPIC COURSE (Essential Pediatric Intensive Care) :

With an intention of providing basic intensive care training and expertise to practicing Pediatricians, to provide much-needed timely and appropriate care to sick children in the periphery, in smaller hospital set-ups and nursing homes.The module covers common and important pediatric critical care problems and important skills, including basicventilation.

Pending easy availability of intensive care facilities across the country, especially in the periphery, EPICCOURSE is a step forward in realizing the availability of basic intensive care to needy children.

Pediatricians withfocused training in managing sick children will be able to save many seriously ill children in their respectivegeographic area/s and will save many precious lives & improve the health of our children.

EPIC Programme

Timing	Name of Topic	Speaker
07.30 to 08.00am	Registration
08.00 to 08.15am	Pre test (15 min)
Lectures (25 min each)(5 min Discussion)
08.15 to 08.45am	Assessment of sick child
08.45 to 09.15am	Pediatric Shock
09.15 to 09.45am	Acute Severe Asthma
09.45 to 10.15am	Severe Pneumonia & Bronchiolitis
10.15 to 10.30am	Tea Break (15 min)
Work Stations (45 min each Rotation of four groups)
10.30 to 11.15am	Fluid / Electrolytes and ABG
11.15 to 12.00am	Vascular access
12.00 to 12.45pm	Airways
12.45 to 01.30pm	Mechanical Ventilation
01.30 to 02.00pm	Lunch Break
Lectures (25 min each)(5 min discussion)
02.00 to 02.30pm	Antimicrobial Therapy
02.30 to 03.00pm	Status Epilepticus
03.00 to 03.30pm	Approach to comatose child
03.30 to 04.00pm	Stabilization of sick child
04.00 to 04.15pm	Post Test (15 min)
04.15 to 05.00pm	Certificate/Valedictory function/Feedback