8th Hands-on Course on
Pediatric Flexible and Rigid Bronchoscopy
May 28-29, 2026
The 2026 course is fully booked. The huge interest in this course was overwhelming.
We will add all remaining and new applicants to the waiting list for the next course which is tentatively schedulded for June 3-4, 2027.
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Course Location
University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB)
Spitalstrasse 33
4056 Basel
Switzerland
Course Programme
Course language is English
Course Organizer
Prof. Dr. Jürg Hammer, Basel
Faculty
Dr. Georg Henze Oxenius, Zürich
Dr. Carola Schön, München
Prof. Dr. Daniel Trachsel, Basel
PD Dr. Dirk Schramm, Düsseldorf
Contact
Prof. Dr. Jürg Hammer
Senior Consultant
Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
UKBB
Registration Fee 2026
CHF 1300.-
GPP, SGPP, SGKA members: CHF 1150.-
(inkl. 2 lunch in the hospital restaurant)
Once you received your confirmation of acceptance (end of 2025), transfer of the registration fee is required until January 31st , 2026 to:
Basler Kantonalbank, Postfach, 4002 Basel
UKBB
IBAN: CH02 0077 0016 0476 0903 5
Purpose: 201505 or "Bronchoscopy course"
SWIFT /BIC: BKBBCHBB
The payment must be carried out without expenses for the beneficiary
Cancellation policy
Upon receipt of a written cancellation, a refund fee minus CHF 50 administrative fee, will be applied up to 8 weeks before the course. After this date no refund will be made for cancellations.
By train:
From the main SBB or Badischer Bahnof railway stations, take bus no. 30 and get off at the "Kinderspital UKBB" bus stop.
By Car:
You can park in the nearby Parkhaus City.
Course content
Target audience
This course is aimed at doctors involved in the management of difficult airways and the extraction of foreign bodies from the airways of children. Advanced intubation skills are recommended.
- Pediatric intensivists (incl. neonatologists)
- Pediatric anesthesiologists
- Pediatric pulmonologists
- others
The course does not include training in broncho-alveolar lavage,
transbronchial needle aspiration or transbronchial biopsies.
Course content
Flexible bronchoscopy
- Handling, anatomy and navigation
- Indications in the PICU and NICU
- Indications in pediatric anesthesia
- Fiberoptic intubation (mask, LMA)
- Selective intubation, endobronchial blocker placement
- Foreign body removal by fiberoptic bronchoscopy
- Sedation and anesthesia
Rigid bronchoscopy
- Correct handling und learning of the rigid instrumentarium
- Endotracheal intubation with the bronchoscope / telescope
- Navigation in the tracheobronchial tree
- Foreign body extraction
- Anesthesia and peri-interventional management
Equipment
We deliberatly abstain from using living animals for training. We use specially-designed phantoms.
Previous course programmes
Course registration
Registrations are added to the waiting list and accepted in order of their arrival. Registration does not assure your participation in the next course. We have an increasing number of registrations each year and will only take 20 participants.
You will receive an email confirmation in response to your registration and you will be added on the waiting list for the next course. We will then confirm your participation about 6 months before the next course date with a deadline to pay your registration fee. If the course is fully booked, you are put on a priority list for the next available slot.
The course is under the patronage of the
Swiss Society of Pediatric Pulmonology (SGPP)
German Society of Pediatric Pulmonology (GPP)
Swiss Society of Pediatric Anesthesia (SGKA)
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