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The APSU
The APSU is a unit of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
The Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) is a national resource, established in 1993 to facilitate active surveillance of uncommon childhood diseases, complications of common diseases or adverse effects of treatment.
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RACP Congress 2012 - Brisbane May 6-9
The APSU will be attending the RACP Future Directions in Health Congress 2012 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on May 6 - 9.
The theme of this year's Congress is Disease and Injury Prevention and is focussed on a number of key interest areas which complement the Adult Medicine Program;
The APSU will be presenting four presentations during the Paediatric and Child Health session on Wednesday 9th May from 2-3.30pm.
1. Surveillance for serious seatbelt injuries and impacts on child restraint policy in Australia -
Speaker - A/Prof Yvonne Zurynski, Deputy Director, APSU
2. Seatbelts in the crash lab - do parents understand the consequences of using inappropriate and incorrect child restraints and seatbelts?
Speaker - Dr Julie Brown, Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia
3. Subdural haematoma in children aged <2 years: what is APSU data telling us?
Speaker - Dr Susan Marks, Director, Child Protection Service, The Children's Hospital at Westmead
4. Baby walkers, bouncy swings, and strollers: International surveillance of rare injuries from common baby products
Speaker - Dr Greta Ridley, Senior Research Officer, APSU
For an brief overview of the Congress Program please click here. For more detailed information about the daily program and the APSU session please click here.
Apsu Online Reporting System
NSW clinicians now report each month using the newly developed web-based reporting system.
For information about this reporting system please click here.