P67 Paediatric Minor Injuries Workshop: Skills for Safe and Effective Care

Course summary

This Paediatric Minor Injuries Workshop is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage minor injuries in paediatric patients effectively. This course focuses on essential aspects of minor injury care in children, including history-taking techniques, musculoskeletal assessment, wound management, and basic clinical procedures. Throughout this workshop, participants will engage in interactive sessions, case discussions, and practical demonstrations aimed at enhancing their competency in paediatric minor injury management.

Who should attend?

Advanced Nurse Practitioners
Nurse Practitioners
Children's nurses that see children with minor injuries
School Nurses
AHPs
Paramedics
Pharmacists
Medical students

Important notes

Additional supervised practice in the workplace should be undertaken upon completion of this course. Course completion is not a guarantee of competency.

Cost

Course duration	Course CPD	In-house Course
3 day(s)	21 hour(s)	POA

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Aims / objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

Apply age-appropriate history-taking techniques for paediatric minor injuries to ensure safe practice.
Demonstrate knowledge of paediatric musculoskeletal anatomy and its relevance to physical assessment techniques for minor injuries.
Discuss and apply appropriate management strategies, including analgesia and supportive therapy, for common traumatic presentations in paediatric minor injuries.
Demonstrate proficiency in examining and managing various types of minor wounds, including closure techniques and patient education.
Practice common basic minor clinical procedures suitable for paediatric patients.

Course programme

Essentials of paediatric minor injury history-taking including Gillick/Fraser competency, assessment, and evidence-based management
Basic assessment of the neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand. To cover:
- Targeted history taking
- Paediatric musculoskeletal anatomy
- Joint function assessment
- Essential physical examination techniques/practice
- Common injuries and conditions: Signs and symptoms, differential diagnoses, management and referral strategies
- Case Scenarios
As above for lower limb minor Injuries: the hip, knee, ankle and foot
Minor head and facial injuries in children.
Local Analgesia Techniques for Paediatrics
- Types and safe levels
- Local infiltration techniques
- Digital nerve block demonstration and practice
Discuss principles of digital fracture and dislocation reduction in the older child.
Paediatric nail Injuries management
- Subungual hematoma management and trephining
- Avulsed nail care strategies
Discuss foreign body removal methods in children from the ear, eye, nose, skin, and subungual areas
Management of
- Paronychia
Assessment and management of minor burns in children
- Identification of burn severity and when to refer for specialized care
Acute Wound Closure Techniques
- Basic principles and techniques for wound closure in paediatrics
- Demonstration and practice of interrupted sutures, staples, tissue adhesive, hair opposition technique and steristrips

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TBA