Emergency Medicine

Breathing Difficulty

This module covers:

• Evaluation and management of children with acute respiratory distress
• Initial stabilisation and management of children with acute upper and lower airway illnesses.

The module is made up of three introductory questions and four clinical scenarios, each following by a number of questions. The questions are a mixture of multiple choice with one correct answer, multiple choice with more than one correct answer and questions involving the ordering of information. The correct answer is given for each question, followed by an explanation.

References

For further reading on paediatric emergency medicine, we recommend:

• Browne et al Principles and Practice of Paediatric Emergency Medicine
• Cameron et al 2nd edition Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine

• Introductory questions
• PatrickScenario 1
• JosephScenario 2
• HarryScenario 3
• JasperScenario 4
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