Pediatric Sick / Not Sick
Rapid assessment and appropriate treatment of the “Sick” pediatric patient can mean the difference between a child who survives and one who does not. Pediatric assessment doesn’t need to be intimidating. Learn from the author of the famed “Sick/Not Sick” program on how to use a “triad” of key indicators to quickly assess and decide the correct treatment path. By using the “triangle”, pediatric assessment has never been easier!
Objectives:
- Discuss scene survey, identify the chief complaint of the Pediatric patient, describe the clinical picture, and place the patient in the proper sick/not sick categories. Discuss/define the purpose of Pediatric SICK/NOT SICK by correctly answering multiple case studies supporting the concept.
- Determine, in numerous Pediatric scenarios, if a patient is SICK or NOT SICK, and describe a general course of treatment for each.