Module 6 - Respiratory Infections
Goal:
Students will gain knowledge and clinical skills to diagnose and manage a variety of pediatric respiratory infections in the outpatient pediatric setting.
Objectives:
Following the pediatric outpatient rotation, the student will be able to:
- Measure and interpret the rate, pattern and effort of breathing
- Identify signs of respiratory distress e.g. grunting, flaring, and retraction
- Identify normal breath sounds and findings consistent with respiratory pathology such as stridor, wheezing, rhonchi, and crackles (rales)
- Identify transmitted upper airway sounds
- Describe the difference between upper and lower airway infections/diseases
- Name treatment options for these various infections: viral URI, sinusitis, croup, pertussis, pneumonia, bronchiolitis
Resources:
2013 AAP Guidelines - sinusitis
2014 AAP Guidelines - bronchiolitis
Videos:
reviewed 12/2015
