The pediatric intensive care training program includes the following components:

• Assessment and treatment according to ABC priorities and the multidisciplinary approach. 
• Hands-on experience in canulation of airway, central venous access and arterial access and other life saving procedures.
• Daily management of critically ill children with variety of problems.
• Principles of mechanical ventilation and physiological basis of respiratory failure.
• Principles of cardiac and respiratory monitoring.
• Principles of myocardial support, pharmacological and surgical, in variety of surgical and non surgical conditions.
• Understanding and participating in ECMO management.
• Understanding principles of shock therapy.
• Participating in treatment of neurological problems (trauma and non trauma). 
• Understanding sedation and analgesia principles and participating in conscious sedation.
• Practicing infection control practice.
• Participation in quality assurance committee.
• Rotations in anesthesia, adult intensive care and pulmonary medicine/cardiology.
• Weekly clinical and academic meetings: pre-operative cardiology and CT surgery meetings, radiology rounds, Pediatric Club, pulmonary medicine – Critical Care Journal Club, participation and presentation at the Israeli pediatric intensive care meetings.