Mark chats us through commonly occurring respiratory disorders such as wheezing, asthma, breath stacking, pneumonia and COVID in the paediatric patient
Top Tips:
Take your time and ask questions to try and work out where in the respiratory tract the problem is. A good history will aid this
Keep it simple
Try and keep the child and family calm
Resources:
Resuscitation council UK Paediatric basic life support guidelines
Paediatric basic life support Guidelin...
Mark chats us through commonly occurring respiratory disorders such as wheezing, asthma, breath stacking, pneumonia and COVID in the paediatric patient
Top Tips:
- Take your time and ask questions to try and work out where in the respiratory tract the problem is. A good history will aid this
- Keep it simple
- Try and keep the child and family calm
Resources:
Resuscitation council UK Paediatric basic life support guidelines
Paediatric basic life support Guidelines | Resuscitation Council UK
Biography:
Mark is a Paediatric Intensivist at Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow, a consultant in Paediatric Critical Care Transport at ScotSTAR and a responder and Co-Director for pre-Hospital care for BASICS Scotland. His interests include the management of critically unwell children anywhere.
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