Lesson 1Rules for home care vs hospital stay: WHO and AAP advice on lung infection seriousness and stay rulesLooks at rules for home vs hospital care using WHO and AAP standards, mixing oxygen levels, feeding skill, breathing effort, and home factors for safe planning in Botswana babies.
WHO lung infection seriousness groupsAAP rules for hospital staysOxygen levels and breathing effort roleFeeding skill and home help factorsPlanning safe checks and reviewsLesson 2Sorting and warnings needing quick send: bad breathing trouble, low oxygen, poor mouth intake, repeated stops breathing, blue skinSets sorting priorities and warnings like bad trouble, low oxygen, poor feeding, repeated breath stops, and blue skin, guiding quick sends, steady steps, and safe moves for babies with life-risk sickness.
Spotting bad breathing troubleFinding low oxygen and blue skinRepeated breath stops and changed awarenessPoor mouth intake and dryness riskSteady before move or sendLesson 3Other causes for fever with cough and quick breathing: small airway sickness, community lung infection, whooping cough, virus nose-throat illnessChecks main other causes for babies with fever, cough, quick breathing, like small airway issues, lung infections, whooping cough, virus nose-throat, stressing different signs and test-treatment effects.
Small airway sickness signsCommunity lung infection waysSpotting whooping cough in babiesVirus nose-throat illness features and overlapsWarnings hinting other causesLesson 4Basic tests: chest x-ray needs, nose virus testing, full blood count and inflammation marker when neededSets when to get chest x-rays, virus nose swabs or quick tests, and simple blood work in babies with sudden breathing signs, aiming to skip unneeded tests but find serious germ or odd sickness.
Chest x-ray needs and limitsNose virus swab and quick testsFull blood count and inflammation marker roleReading mixed virus and germ resultsLesson 5Body workings and common reasons for cough, fever, quick breathing in babiesExplains baby airway and lung workings in early months and how virus, germ, and surroundings cause cough, fever, quick breathing, linking common issues like small airways, lung infections, virus nose-throat to root causes.
Baby airway shape and flexCough and mucus making waysFever causes in breathing sicknessQuick breathing reasons in young babiesLesson 6Breathing trouble signs: nose widening, chest pulling in, grunting, quick breathing age rulesDescribes breathing trouble signs in babies, like nose widening, chest pull, grunting, age quick breathing rules, and how to rate seriousness and watch changes bedside in Botswana clinics.
Nose widening and head noddingChest pull and sink patternsGrunting and extra muscle useAge quick breathing limitsRating systems for trouble seriousnessLesson 7Treatment basics: oxygen help levels, small airway support care, mouth vs drip germ killers, airway opener and steroid adviceSums treatment plans including oxygen levels, small airway support, when to use germ killers, airway openers, or steroids, stressing proof-based ways and skipping unneeded drugs in local practice.
Oxygen help levels and givingSupport care in small airwaysMouth vs drip germ killer needsAirway opener and steroid useWatching response and failed treatmentLesson 8First bedside tests: finger oxygen reading, breathing count, skin refill, quick sugar checkCovers bedside tools like finger oxygen, breathing count, skin refill, quick sugar, with tips for true readings and result sense in young Botswana babies.
Right finger oxygen wayTrue breathing count methodSkin refill and blood flow checkQuick sugar check needsFitting bedside finds to sortingLesson 9Key background questions: symptom length and start, feeding and drink intake, shots, home contacts, smoke exposureDetails sharp background in babies with breathing signs, including start and length, feeding and drink, shot status, smoke exposure, sick home links, to guide risk grouping and care choices.
Symptom start, length, and growthFeeding, drink intake, and output backgroundShot status and missed onesHome contacts and sick linksHome smoke and dirt exposureLesson 10Parent advice: home care, when to come back, home drinks and fever handling, shot boostsGives advice on teaching parents home care, drinks, fever control, drug use, shots, and clear guides on danger signs and quick re-check times in Botswana.
Explaining sickness and expected pathHome drinks and feeding plansSafe fever handling and drugsCome back warnings and danger signsBoosting regular and catch-up shotsLesson 11Guideline sources: WHO Child Sickness Management (IMCI) lung advice, AAP small airway guide, local child breathing plansSums key advice from WHO IMCI, AAP small airway guide, Botswana child breathing plans, stressing matching local ways with proof-based global standards for baby care.
WHO IMCI lung groupingsAAP small airway handling guideLocal child lung plansFitting guidelines to local suppliesLesson 12Drink and feeding handling for babies with low intakeCovers dryness and feeding checks in sick babies, drink need counts, safe mouth, nose-tube, drip drinks, and watching to stop dryness, too much fluid, and feeding-breathing risks.
Checking dryness and wee outputMouth and nose-tube feeding plansDrip drink needs and speedsWatching for fluid too much and low salt
