7 PICU management and care coordination
A short summary in PICUlearn's own words. The original wording is in the publisher's document.
- 7.A Triage
- 7.B Patient transport
- 7.C Infection isolation
- 7.D Hospital-acquired conditions
- 7.E Causes of PICU readmission
- 7.F Cost-effective care and antimicrobial stewardship
- 7.G Inter- and intra-hospital transfer of care
- 7.H Handover
- 7.I Long-term effects of critical illness
- 7.J Medicolegal aspects of practice
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Course modules
Videos
- Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) Training video – Generic editionRoyal College of Physicians of IrelandVideo
- Stabilising the Critically Ill Child pre transfer - Dr Kennedy - 11Jun2020London School of PaediatricsVideo
- LIVE WEBINAR: PAEDIATRIC EARLY WARNING SIGNS (PEWS)KPJ Healthcare UniversityVideo
- 2025 2 Recognising and managing the deteriorating patientTrevor DukeVideo
- 🩺 PEWS Lecture (Pediatric Early Warning Score) For Nursing & OT Students𝕍𝔼ℕ𝕋 & 𝕍𝕀𝕋𝔸𝕃 𝔸ℂ𝔸𝔻𝔼𝕄𝕐Video
- CPAP and NIV in Pediatrics: How to Prevent Pressure Sores From the Mask?BreasVideo
- SBAR (Situation | Background | Assessment | Recommendation) | ABCDE Emergency | OSCE Guide | PLAB 2Geeky MedicsVideo
- Re-ACT Talks: Scores or Systems: What is a PEWS?NHS England Video
- WCE 25 Pressure Injuries in Neonatal and Pediatric PopulationsDr Gregory Weir: Vascular, Hyperbaric, Wound CareVideo
- Infection Control & Bundles in the Medical Surgical ICU by D. Morrow | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- 2023 2 The deteriorating paediatric patientTrevor DukeVideo
- Effective HandoverRoyal College of Paediatrics and Child HealthVideo
- Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Prevention in the ICU: CCM Critical ContentSCCMVideo
- Standard & Isolation Precautions Nursing | Infection Control Contact, Droplet, Airborne PPE NCLEXRegisteredNurseRNVideo
- PICULiber8: the ABCs of recoveryChildren's Healthcare CanadaVideo
- SCCMPod-575 PCCM: Bridging Care Between the NICU and PICUSCCMVideo
- Re-ACT Talks: Deterioration: How to Spot the Sick ChildNHS England Video
- How to Implement Early Mobilization in Critically Ill Children by K. Choong, et al. | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- SuppoRTT– Knowledge Refresher –APLS Plus - Waiting for the Paediatric Critical Care Retrieval TeamNHS England Workforce, Training and EducationVideo
- Medication Errors and High Alert Medications by J. Murphy, K. Gustafson | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- Ethics and the Law: Applications in the NICU by A. DeTora | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- Early Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Children by K. Choong, A. Randolph | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- Infection Prevention in the NICUDräger GlobalVideo
- How to give an SBAR Report | What is it and how SBAR used | Lecturio Nursing | Fundamentals TheoryLecturio NursingVideo
- National Paediatric Early Warning System (NPEWS) Emergency Department VersionDamian RolandVideo
- SBAR Handover for Sick ChildHSC CECVideo
Guidelines and evidence
- National Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) for EnglandNHS England (SPOT programme, with RCPCH and RCN), 2023Guideline or evidence
- Paediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) charts for ScotlandHealthcare Improvement Scotland (Scottish Patient Safety Programme)Guideline or evidence
- Irish Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS): National Clinical GuidelineHSE / National Clinical Effectiveness Committee (Ireland), 2016Guideline or evidence
- Impact of the francophone pediatric intensive care group bronchiolitis recommendations on diagnostic testing, antibiotic therapy and patient prognosis.Archives de Pédiatrie (Société française de pédiatrie) – study of GFRUP guidelines, 2026Guideline or evidence
- Early mobilization protocols for critically ill pediatric patients: systematic review.Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, 2019Guideline or evidence
- Consensus statement on the use of standardized early mobilization in pediatric patients admitted to pediatric intensive care units in Italy.Italian Society of Neonatal and Paediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (SARNePI), 2026Guideline or evidence
- Admission Criteria to Paediatric Intensive Care for Oncology Haematology Patients: Updates and Evidence-Based Clinical Recommendations.Pediatric Reports (review article), 2026Guideline or evidence
- Diagnosis and management of Children with Post-Intensive Care Syndrome in Paediatrics: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the French National Authority for Health (HAS).Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS), France, 2026Guideline or evidence
- The psychological impact of paediatric burn injuries: a systematic review.BMC Public Health, 2021Guideline 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
- Updated guideline: paediatric emergency triage, assessment and treatment: care of critically-ill childrenWorld Health Organization, 2016Guideline or evidence
- Emergency triage assessment and treatment (ETAT)World Health Organization, 2005Guideline or evidence
- Development and Implementation of Pediatric ICU-based Mobility Guidelines: A Quality Improvement Initiative.Pediatric Quality & Safety (journal), 2021Guideline or evidence
- Pediatric Intensive Care Core Outcomes-a modified Delphi consensus process (PIC-CO).German Interdisciplinary Association of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) – Section of Paediatric Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (SPIE), 2026Guideline or evidence
- 1142. Implementation and Impact of a Tracheitis Diagnosis and Management Guideline in a Pediatric Intensive Care UnitOpen Forum Infectious Diseases (IDWeek abstract), 2019Guideline or evidence
- Impact of pediatric tracheostomy on family caregivers' burden and quality of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in Public Health, 2024Guideline or evidence
- Clinical practice guideline on the prevention and management of neonatal extravasation injury: a before-and-after study design.BMC Pediatrics, 2020Guideline or evidence
- Environmental factors and clinical markers of stress during neonatal transport: a systematic literature review .BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2025Guideline or evidence
- Sustainable Neonatal CLABSI Surveillance: Consensus Toward New Criteria in the NetherlandsWorking Group on Neonatal Infectious Diseases, Dutch Paediatric Society, 2021Guideline or evidence
- ASH/ISTH 2026 guidelines for anticoagulant prophylaxis in pediatric patients at risk of venous thromboembolism.American Society of Hematology / ISTH, 2026Guideline or evidence
- Endotracheal Tube-Associated Complications in Paediatric Critical Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing in Critical Care, 2025Guideline or evidence
- Risk factors for healthcare-associated infection and colonization of Serratia marcescens in neonates: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control (journal), 2025Guideline or evidence
- Randomized control study of nebulized colistin as an adjunctive therapy in ventilator-associated pneumonia in pediatric postoperative cardiac surgical population.Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2022Guideline or evidence
- Management of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Caused by Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter Organisms in a Pediatric Center: A Randomized Controlled Study.Medicina (Kaunas), 2024Guideline or evidence
- Long-term psychosocial impact reported by childhood critical illness survivors: a systematic review.Nursing in Critical Care, 2014Guideline 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
- School and Work Absences After Critical Care Hospitalization for Pediatric Acute Respiratory Failure: A Secondary Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Trial.JAMA Network Open, 2021Guideline or evidence
- Medical Skills Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Neonatal Transport Teams: A European Delphi Consensus Study.Acta Paediatrica, 2026Guideline or evidence
- 'Nasal mask' in comparison with 'nasal prongs' or 'rotation of nasal mask with nasal prongs' reduce the incidence of nasal injury in preterm neonates supported on nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP): A randomized controlled trial.PLoS One, 2019Guideline or evidence
- Data variables reported during neonatal transport: a systematic literature review.Journal of Perinatology, 2026Guideline or evidence
- Comparison of hemodynamic consequences of hand ventilation versus machine ventilation for transportation of post-operative pediatric cardiac patients.Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2023Guideline or evidence