PC1 Critical care history and examination
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Course modules
Videos
- Recognition of the Sick Child - Paediatric Emergencies 2020Paediatric EmergenciesVideo
- A to E Assessment for Deteriorating and Acutely Unwell Patients | ABDCE Clinical ApproachRhesus MedicineVideo
- Pediatric Assessment, Vital Signs, and Pain - Pediatric Nursing - Principles | @LevelUpRNLevel Up RNVideo
- Optimized Approach to the Sick or Injured Child | The Mastering Pediatric Emergencies CourseThe Center for Medical EducationVideo
- π©Ί PEWS Lecture (Pediatric Early Warning Score) For Nursing & OT StudentsππΌβπ & ππππΈπ πΈβπΈπ»πΌππVideo
- Emergency & Trauma AssessmentNursing School ExplainedVideo
- How to Approach Trauma Management π©Ίπ§ | Emergency MedicineLecturio MedicalVideo
- LIVE WEBINAR: PAEDIATRIC EARLY WARNING SIGNS (PEWS)KPJ Healthcare UniversityVideo
- Re-ACT Talks: Deterioration: How to Spot the Sick ChildNHS England Video
- 2023 2 The deteriorating paediatric patientTrevor DukeVideo
- 2025 2 Recognising and managing the deteriorating patientTrevor DukeVideo
- Respiratory Assessment by B. Leary, L. DelSignore | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- Cyanotic congenital HEART disease? STEP-by-STEP work upTala Talks NICUVideo
- Trauma Evaluation in the ICU by C. Weldon | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- ATLS 2025 Chapter 11 VIDEO Trauma in the Pediatric Patientshahram paydarVideo
Guidelines and evidence
- National Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) for EnglandNHS England (SPOT programme, with RCPCH and RCN), 2023Guideline or evidence
- Clinical recommendations for pain, sedation, withdrawal and delirium assessment in critically ill infants and children: an ESPNIC position statement for healthcare professionals.ESPNIC, 2016Guideline or evidence
- Emergency triage assessment and treatment (ETAT)World Health Organization, 2005Guideline or evidence
- Updated guideline: paediatric emergency triage, assessment and treatment: care of critically-ill childrenWorld Health Organization, 2016Guideline or evidence
- Head injury: assessment and early management (NICE guideline NG232)NICE, 2023Guideline or evidence
- Suspected sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management (NICE guideline NG51)NICE, 2024Guideline or evidence
- A Modified Delphi Consensus-Based Comprehensive Checklist and Angoff Standard for Assessment of Competency in Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria Determination.Critical Care Medicine (Delphi expert consensus panel), 2026Guideline or evidence