Prehospital Advanced Trauma Care in Children

PATCH is an advanced three-day course dedicated to the prehospital management of seriously injured children.

The programme combines clinical skills, structured trauma care, human factors and large-scale simulation. Participants train both individual patient management and coordinated responses to complex incidents involving several critically injured children.

PATCH is designed to close the gap between paediatric trauma knowledge and performance in the unpredictable prehospital environment.

Core areas

• Structured assessment of the injured child.
• Airway management and ventilation.
• Haemorrhage control and shock.
• Traumatic cardiac arrest.
• Paediatric immobilisation and extrication.
• Analgesia, sedation and emergency procedures.
• Teamwork and clinical leadership.
• Paediatric major incidents.

Target audience

Prehospital physicians, paramedics and emergency medical technicians caring for critically ill and injured children.

Course format

Three-day advanced clinical and simulation course.

Next course

7–9 June 2028, Bautavej 9, Aarhus, Denmark.