ICS Interpersonal and communication skills
A short summary in PICUlearn's own words. The original wording is in the publisher's document.
- ICS1 Communication centred on patients and families
- ICS2 Communication within interprofessional teams and with consultants
- ICS3 Documentation and communication across the health system
- ICS4 Discussing prognosis in serious illness and end of life
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Course modules
Videos
- Pediatric Medical Complexity: Shared Insights by B. Markovitz & A. Schrooten | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- Pediatric End-of-Life Guidelines & Insights by D. DeCourcey and S. Derrington | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- Crisis Management: Human Factors, Teamwork, and Communication ⏐ Peter Brindley ⏐ TBSTBS Zermatt Video
- How to give an SBAR Report | What is it and how SBAR used | Lecturio Nursing | Fundamentals TheoryLecturio NursingVideo
- SBAR Handover for Sick ChildHSC CECVideo
- SBAR (Situation | Background | Assessment | Recommendation) | ABCDE Emergency | OSCE Guide | PLAB 2Geeky MedicsVideo
- Non-Technical Resus Skills in Prehospital & Retrieval MedicineCliff ReidVideo
- High-quality CPR and in-hospital peds resuscitationAmerican Heart AssociationVideo
- Paediatric Palliative Care in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and Beyond-Info EAPCVideo
- Communication Strategies & Palliative Care in the PICU--Part 1Zac HodgesVideo
- Simulation Scenario - The Ideal Paediatric ResuscitationWestern Australian Clinical Training NetworkVideo
- Communication Strategies & Palliative Care in the PICU--Part 2Zac HodgesVideo
Guidelines and evidence
- Irish Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS): National Clinical GuidelineHSE / National Clinical Effectiveness Committee (Ireland), 2016Guideline or evidence
- Parental experiences of their infant's hospital admission undergoing cardiac surgery: A systematic review.Acta Paediatrica, 2021Guideline or evidence
- Society of Critical Care Medicine 2026 Guidelines on the Care and Management of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Patients at the End of Life.Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM/ACCM), 2026Guideline or evidence
- Good practices for humanization in pediatric intensive care units: a national Delphi consensus study.Intensive & Critical Care Nursing (HU-CI Project, Spanish expert panel), 2026Guideline or evidence
- Executive Summary of Society of Critical Care Medicine 2026 Guidelines on the Care and Management of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Patients at the End of Life.Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), 2026Guideline or evidence
- Perceived family-centered care and post-traumatic stress in parents of infants cared for in the paediatric cardiac intensive care unit.Nursing in Critical Care, 2024Guideline or evidence
- Effectiveness and family experiences of interventions promoting partnerships between families and pediatric and neonatal intensive care units: a mixed methods systematic review.JBI (JBI Evidence Synthesis), 2024Guideline or evidence
- Care of Infants and Children with Tracheostomies: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline.American Thoracic Society, 2025Guideline or evidence
- A simulation based difficult conversations intervention for neonatal intensive care unit nurse practitioners: A randomized controlled trial.PLoS One, 2020Guideline or evidence
- Futile therapy protocols: A 3-year review of the implementation of Polish guidelines on ineffective organ function maintenance in pediatric intensive care unit-A pilot study.BMC Palliative Care, 2025Guideline or evidence
- Canadian Guidelines for Controlled Pediatric Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death-Summary Report.Canadian Critical Care Society / Canadian Blood Services (Canadian national DCD guideline panel), 2017Guideline or evidence
- A Systematic Review of the Factors Associated with Post-Traumatic Growth in Parents Following Admission of Their Child to the Intensive Care Unit.Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 2022Guideline or evidence