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Managing the Sick Child

A review

The lecture duration is 17min.

0.5 CPD Points, 0.5 CEUs, 0.5 CME credits approval pending.
Accredited by CPDUK, CBRN and Provider Pending.

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Rory O'Brien
Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Lecture Summary

Managing the Sick Child:Here we talk about the basics in how to manage the critically ill child in the first 10 minutes. I go through all the key concepts required of a clinician to safely and effectively care for the critically ill child in the first 10 minutes. If you can get control of the resuscitation quickly by following these basic principles then you can then take a breath and call for help if needed....

Target Audience

Emergency Medicine Doctors
Emergency Medicine Nurses
Paramedics
Rural GP's

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to:

  • Differentiate between the different breathing adjuncts eg t-piece, BVM, Non rebreather face mask etc.
  • Develop an approach for respiratory failure
  • Develop an approach for circulatory failure

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