PACED: Paediatric Assessment of Clinical Emergencies & Deterioration

Advancing Paediatric Care

Delve into the critical aspects of paediatrics with our in-depth course, designed for healthcare professionals dedicated to improving paediatric care. This course offers a thorough exploration of paediatric emergencies, clinical deterioration, and effective patient assessment including clincial case studies covering asthma, seizures, poisonings, head trauma, haemorrhage, dehydration, and congenital abnormalities

Key Learning areas

• Understanding paediatric anatomy and physiology
• Pathways of deterioration in childhood illness - the physiological signs and symptoms
• Monitoring and interpretation of vital signs and assessment findings
• Management of frequent paediatric emergencies including anaphylaxis and sepsis

 At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to:

• identify the early warning signs and common indicators of clinical deterioration in children, including vital sign changes, behavioural shifts, and respiratory distress

• understand age-specific physiology, vital signs, and how the presentation of clinical deterioration can vary between infants, toddlers, and older children

• utilise structured frameworks such as the paediatric assessment triangle (PAT) or ABCDE approach for rapid assessment, to quickly identify children at risk of deterioration

• employ effective communication strategies for escalating care, including using standardised tools like ISBAR (identify, situation, background, assessment, recommendation) to engage other health professionals promptly when paediatric deterioration is identified

• initiate appropriate immediate interventions to stabilise a deteriorating child, including emergency response protocols and basic life support measures

• apply critical thinking and decision-making skills in the context of managing paediatric deterioration

This course includes recorded webinars, self-paced eLearning modules and videos demonstrating key clinical skills.