Lesson 1When to send or give blood: severe low blood limits, unstable blood flow, suspected blood breakdownOutlines criteria for specialist send and blood give in school children, focusing on blood limits, unstable flow, suspected breakdown, and safe stabilising while setting higher care.
Blood give limits and blood cutoffsUnstable blood flow checkSpotting suspected breakdownStabilising before sendICU or specialist care needsLesson 2Parent teaching: iron-rich foods, iron pill sticking, worsening low blood signs, follow-up test timesFocuses on teaching parents iron-rich foods, better uptake, sticking to iron pills, spotting worsening low blood, and follow-up test times and home safety.
Iron-rich foods and meal plansBetter iron uptake waysBetter mouth iron stickingWarning signs for doctor checkFollow-up tests and times explainLesson 3First lab workup: full blood count with measures, blood slide, young red cell count, blood iron store, inflammation marker, iron carry fullness, blood type test needsDetails first lab check for suspected low blood, full count, red measures, slide, young cells, iron store, inflammation, iron carry, and blood type test in hard cases.
Full count and red measures overviewBlood slide reading basicsYoung cell count and bone responseIron store, inflammation, iron testsWhen to do blood type testLesson 4Warning signs for urgent check: severe paleness, heart signs, poor growth, repeated infectionsIdentifies warning features needing urgent check, severe paleness, heart-lung issues, poor growth, repeated infections, bleeding, nerve or body symptoms in school children.
Severe paleness and heart-lung signsFainting, chest pain, heart fail signsPoor growth and low weight gainRepeated or bad infectionsBleeding, bruises, nerve changesLesson 5Handling plans: mouth iron amounts and types, treatment length, side effect handling, food adviceGives practical plans for iron lack low blood, mouth iron amounts, types, length, side effects, food advice, and vein iron or specialist send criteria.
Choosing mouth iron typeWeight-based amounts and timesGut side effect handlingTreatment length and watchingWhen vein iron neededLesson 6Reading common lab patterns: small pale cells vs normal size low blood, iron store changes with swellingExplains reading common low blood lab patterns, small pale vs normal size, adjusting iron store for swelling, mixing measures and slide to better diagnose.
Small pale cell low blood profileNormal size low blood in childrenIron store reading with swellingRed cell spread and measuresSlide with lab matchingLesson 7Possible causes: iron lack vs breakdown low bloods, thalassemia carry, long illness low bloodCovers key possible causes for small and normal low blood, iron lack vs breakdown, thalassemia carry, long illness, using history, exam, targeted labs.
Iron lack pattern differencesBreakdown low blood featuresSpotting thalassemia carryLong illness low blood cluesFamily and group history useLesson 8Spread and causes of child low blood, focus on food iron lackReviews global and local child low blood spread, highlighting food iron lack, growth jumps, monthly blood, infections, money factors raising risk in school children.
Global spread in school childrenFood iron lack risk factorsMonthly blood and teen girlsInfections, worms, swellingMoney and area driversLesson 9Key guideline sources: WHO iron lack guides, AAP policy on iron lack in babies and childrenSummarises key child low blood guides, WHO and AAP advice on checks, diagnose, stop, treat iron lack in babies, children, teens, focus on school care.
WHO low blood and iron guidesAAP check and treat policiesLocal and area plan examplesBlood give and send adviceDaily guide useLesson 10Focused history and food check questions: intake times, tea/block foods, money factors, growth historyGuides doctors in focused history and food check, iron-rich intake, blockers like tea, money barriers, monthly history, growth, other illnesses.
Food recall and iron sourcesTea, blockers, calcium stopsMoney and food access issuesMonthly and blood loss historyGrowth charts and long illness cluesLesson 11Signs of iron lack low blood: paleness, tiredness, eating dirt, thinking and school effectsDescribes usual signs of iron lack low blood in school children, skin/mouth changes, tiredness, dirt eating, behaviour, thinking, focus, school over time.
Skin, nails, mouth paleness signsTiredness, exercise hard, fast heartDirt eating and leg restlessnessBrain thinking and behaviour effectsSchool work measure impactsLesson 12School work and growth factors: checking iron lack in risk groups, links with schools and food programsExplores iron lack effects on school work and growth, check plans for risk children, school links, work with food and feeding programs for learning support.
Checking risk school childrenEffects on focus and behaviourSchool work and missing daysLinks with teachers and school staffSchool meal program links
