Altered Mental Status
After this activity, the team will be able to manage pediatric altered mental status patients with emphasis on the following objectives:
1. Apply Crisis Resource Management and teamwork in the care of a toddler with altered mental status (with attention to role designation, directed orders, sharing mental model and closed loop communication with team and family members).
2. Prioritize treatment of potential etiologies to guide stabilization or escalation of care for a patient with altered mental status.
3. Determine the appropriate destination for transfer.
2. Video
The YouTube video includes frames of an animated patient next to a monitor with vital signs that change based on the patient's clinical condition. There is also a prerecorded, narrated prebrief, dispatch, and debrief that you can use to help facilitate the simulation.
Based on the participants' actions, hover over the video progress bar and quickly navigate to different parts of the video. You can also pause and restart the video as indicated.
Standard Video
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3. Surveys
Please complete the facilitator and participant surveys at the end of the session to help us improve SimBox.
Acknowledgements
Posted: Oct 2020
Authors: Deeksha Borkar, MD, Ayush Gupta MD, Manu Madhok MD, Frederick Henretig, MD, Robert Bassett, MD, Maybelle Kou MD, Marc Auerbach MD, Elizabeth Sanseau MD
Disclaimer: The booklet and video were created as educational and research resources and not to guide clinical practice. Please reach out to our team with any questions or if you want to contribute.
Animation used with permission from OPENPediatrics.