Duration
Formation EPALS : 19h Pr
Certificat interuniversitaire en gestion multidisciplinaire des situations d'urgence : 63h Th, 18h Pr
Supervised exercices in emergency medicine : 30h Pr
Number of credits
| Specialised master in emergency medicine (360 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Formation EPALS : Romain Betz, Benoît Cardos, Julien Szecel
Certificat interuniversitaire en gestion multidisciplinaire des situations d'urgence : Romain Betz, Benoît Cardos, Julien Szecel
Supervised exercices in emergency medicine : Romain Betz, Benoît Cardos, Julien Szecel
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Formation EPALS
The EPALS course: management of cardiac arrest in children, before, during and after
This is a 2-day course, labeled ERC and therefore non-modifiable, which allows you to obtain a certificate whose duration is 3 years, with recertification modules which are planned (see ERC website)
This course is given by ERC approved trainers (and/or in training), in teams of 2 (or 3) most often from ULiège, our partner CHU or external partners. Trainers can come from all over Europe.
The students (or participants) are divided into "colored" groups of 6 and follow various theoretical but above all practical workshops which explore the whole issue of cardiac arrest in children, its etiologies, its prevention, its management in charge and certain arrhythmias which can contribute to the destabilization of a young patient.
This is a dynamic, progressive course with feedback, based on team simulation It is aimed at health professionals who have or will have to manage cardiac arrest in children and is included in certain specialization masters
In addition, participants from other health disciplines can complete the groups.
Certificat interuniversitaire en gestion multidisciplinaire des situations d'urgence
This is a training provided during the inter-university certificate in multidisciplinary management of exceptional situations
You will find the pedagogical commitments relating to it at the level of this course code MCER2134-1
This training is organized in 6 theoretical days, 2 days of exercises, 1 day of simulations at the ULiège simulation center and 1 day of large-scale simulation (disaster)
Supervised exercices in emergency medicine
Guided exercises are a form of teaching in which students perform exercises in the presence of a trainer (teacher); we can include directed and semi-directed workshops in which students carry out tasks in order to gradually acquire their autonomy (semi-directed then directed)
In BLOCK 3, these exercises include:
- an EPALS-type ERC training (see specific course code: URGC1103-A-a)
- SMUR training in the field, during a 6-month hospital internship in a department with a SMUR (this training ends with the validation of learning by a referring doctor and can sometimes be offered in block 4 in depending on the availability of internship services)
- a 1-day seminar in a fire department (Discipline 1)
- a 1-day seminar in a unified call center 112
- semi-directed workshops for learning how to work in a shock room where the student is associated and guided in his clinical approach, his diagnostic and therapeutic approach in the management of critical patients. These workshops take place at the shock room with real patients and under the supervision of a tutor.
- specific training for the management of exceptional situations (see specific course code URGC1103-B-a and MCER2134-1)
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Formation EPALS
At the end of the training, each student will be able to:
- perform good quality chest compressions in children
- carry out effective ventilation and check it
- carry out an assessment of the patient according to the ABCDE technique
- know how to manage the airway in a non-invasive way and understand the conditions for invasive management and the need to monitor exhaled CO2, understand the importance of ventilation in children
- understand the interest of ultrasound and its use in peri-arrest situations
- know and apply the basics of teamwork and more particularly soft skills
- carry out a management of a standardized case of a patient presenting a cardiac arrest
- know the risks of degradation of a young, hospitalized patient
- properly prepare a young patient after successful resuscitation
- the ECG in children: the principles of arrhythmias
- know the principles of blood gas analysis, in 5 steps
- carry out a transmission of relevant information to another team according to the principle of i-SBAR
Certificat interuniversitaire en gestion multidisciplinaire des situations d'urgence
cf MCER2134-1
Supervised exercices in emergency medicine
At the end of each directed exercise (or workshop), the student will be able to:
- gradually acquire a personal reflection on the methods of care
- project themselves into their role as an emergency doctor for the management of situations experienced during the apprenticeship
- apply the principles of prehospital management
- understand multidisciplinary working methods, in particular with the emergency and fire services (discipline 1) and law enforcement (discipline 3)
- understand the concept of civil security
- understand the importance of leadership, assertiveness, team assertiveness and task management
- be able to share situational awareness
- deepen their reflection on their autonomy in the tasks learned
- have a reflective approach to learning
- integrate the notion of risk and exceptional situation in extra-hospital practice
- understand the concepts of PIM, PUH, CU 112 and the principles of the DIR-MED function
- understand the concept of ALS vector and know how to apply care protocols, including the notion of TIH (inter-hospital transfer)
- know and apply the principles of caring for a child in a critical situation
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Formation EPALS
only EPBLS
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Formation EPALS
The EPALS course consists of several learning methods:
- the individual study
- individual exercising
- team-to-team
- observation
- imitation
- the explanation
- situation
- simulation
- feedback
Certificat interuniversitaire en gestion multidisciplinaire des situations d'urgence
cf MCER2134-1
Supervised exercices in emergency medicine
The learning methods during exercises and (semi)directed workshops are:
- the demonstration
- exercise
- support and guidance by tutor
- group discussion
- feedback and debriefing
- experience sharing
- the transmission
During these exercises and workshops, each student becomes active in their learning
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Formation EPALS
Blended learning
Additional information:
this is present, however, an online course (after registration) is available on the ERC-CoSy website: https://www.erc.edu/courses
however, you must register with an email address that will be requested when you arrive for the course at ULiège. Only this email address will be used by the ERC to inform you or to issue you your certificate
Certificat interuniversitaire en gestion multidisciplinaire des situations d'urgence
Face-to-face course
Supervised exercices in emergency medicine
Face-to-face course
Recommended or required readings
Formation EPALS
the EPALS book (ERC)
Certificat interuniversitaire en gestion multidisciplinaire des situations d'urgence
medical references for emergency situations, including official texts
Supervised exercices in emergency medicine
All textbooks, articles and manuals related to the topics covered
Formation EPALS
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
A pre-test (MCQ) is available in e-learning on the CoSy website.
It will allow you to assess yourself.
This pre-test is not used for your assessment
- some workshops are evaluated
- continuous evaluation with regular feedback
All of your evaluation data is then examined by a jury (faculty) made up of trainers and a Course Director (ERC recognized).
Your final result (and your on-line certificate) will be known to you at the end of the course.
You may be offered to become a potential instructor, in which case and if you accept it, additional training (GIC, cf. ERC) will be imposed on you.
Certificat interuniversitaire en gestion multidisciplinaire des situations d'urgence
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
cf MCER2134-1
Supervised exercices in emergency medicine
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Work placement(s)
Formation EPALS
none
Organizational remarks
Formation EPALS
you do not have to register on the ERC website to apply for an ALS course if you are part of one of the specialisation masters concerned
you will be notified directly by email of your enrollee in a course session by the course center
the simulation centre (CARE simulation: www.caresimulation.uliege.be) is a course centre recognised by the ERC and the courses are provided there most of the time (see however with the anesthesia secretariat for some trainings)
Supervised exercices in emergency medicine
Learning at seminars organized by a third party may be subject to conditions beyond the control of ULiège
Contacts
Formation EPALS
info-centresimulation@uliege.be
Certificat interuniversitaire en gestion multidisciplinaire des situations d'urgence
Dr Romain Betz : R.Betz@chuliege.be
DR Benoit Cardos : benoit.cardos@uliege.be
Supervised exercices in emergency medicine
Dr Romain Betz: R.Betz@chuliege.be
Dr Benoit Cardos: benoit.cardos@uliège.be
Dr Julien Szecel : jszecel@chuliege.be