Lesson 1When to refer or give blood: severe low blood levels, unstable blood flow, suspected blood breakdownOutlines rules for specialist referral and blood giving in school children, focusing on blood levels, unstable flow, suspected breakdown, and safe stabilising while setting higher care.
Blood giving levels and blood cutoffsChecking unstable blood flowSpotting suspected blood breakdownStabilising before moveNeeds for ICU or specialist careLesson 2Parent teaching: iron-rich foods, iron pill sticking, signs of worse low blood, follow-up test timesFocuses on teaching parents iron-rich foods, better uptake, sticking to iron pills, spotting worse low blood signs, and follow-up test times and home safety.
Iron-rich foods and meal plansWays to boost iron uptakeBetter mouth iron stickingWarning signs for medical checkExplaining follow-up tests and timesLesson 3First lab workup: full blood count with measures, blood slide, young red cell count, blood iron store, CRP, iron carrier level, blood type test needsDetails first lab check for suspected low blood, including full count, red cell measures, slide, young cell count, iron store, CRP, iron carrier, and blood type test needs in hard cases.
Full count and red cell measures overviewBlood slide reading basicsYoung cell count and bone responseIron store, CRP, iron testsWhen to do blood type testLesson 4Warning signs for quick workup: severe paleness, heart signs, poor growth, repeated infectionsFinds warning features needing quick check, like severe paleness, heart-lung trouble, poor growth, repeated infections, bleeding signs, worry nerve or body signs in school children.
Severe paleness and heart-lung signsFainting, chest pain, heart fail signsPoor growth and low weight gainRepeated or bad infectionsBleeding, bruises, or nerve changesLesson 5Handling ways: mouth iron doses and types, treatment length, side effects handling, food adviceGives practical handling for iron lack low blood, including mouth iron doses, types, treatment length, side effects, food advice, and rules for vein iron or specialist referral.
Picking mouth iron typeWeight-based doses and timesHandling gut side effectsTreatment length and watchingWhen to think vein ironLesson 6Reading common lab patterns: small pale cells vs normal size low blood, iron store changes with swellingExplains reading common low blood lab patterns, comparing small pale and normal size low blood, adjusting iron store for swelling, mixing measures and slide to sharpen diagnosis.
Small pale cell low blood profileNormal size low blood in childrenIron store reading with swellingRed cell spread and measuresMatching slide with lab numbersLesson 7Possible causes: iron lack vs blood breakdown low bloods, thalassemia carry, chronic illness low bloodCovers main possible causes for small and normal cell low blood, comparing iron lack with breakdown low bloods, thalassemia carry, chronic illness low blood using history, exam, targeted lab.
Telling iron lack patternsSigns of breakdown low bloodsSpotting thalassemia carryChronic illness low blood hintsUse of family and group historyLesson 8Spread and causes of child low blood with focus on food iron lackReviews global and local spread of child low blood, highlighting food iron lack, growth jumps, monthly blood, infections, money factors raising risk in school children in different places.
Global spread in school childrenFood iron lack risk factorsMonthly blood and teen girlsInfections, worms, swellingMoney and surround driversLesson 9Key guideline sources: WHO iron lack guidelines, AAP policy on iron lack in babies and childrenSummarises key child low blood guidelines, including WHO and AAP advice on checking, diagnosis, stopping, treating iron lack in babies, children, teens, focus on school care.
WHO low blood and iron guidelinesAAP policies on checking and treatmentLocal and area protocol examplesBlood giving and referral adviceUsing guidelines in daily workLesson 10Focused history and food check questions: intake times, tea/block foods, money factors, growth historyGuides doctors in focused history and food check, covering iron-rich food intake, blockers like tea blocks, money barriers, monthly history, growth patterns, other conditions.
Food recall and iron sourcesTea, blocks, calcium blockersMoney and food safety issuesMonthly and blood loss historyGrowth charts and long illness hintsLesson 11Signs of iron lack low blood: paleness, tiredness, eating dirt, thinking and school effectsDescribes usual signs of iron lack low blood in school children, including skin mouth changes, tiredness, eating dirt, behaviour issues, effects on thinking, focus, school work over time.
Skin, nail, mouth paleness signsTiredness, exercise hard, fast heartEating dirt and restless legs in kidsNerve thinking and behaviour effectsEffect on school work measuresLesson 12School work and growth thoughts: checking iron lack in risk groups, links with schools and food programsLooks at how iron lack affects school work and growth, outlining check ways for risk children, links with schools, work with food and feeding programs to help learning.
Checking risk school childrenEffects on focus and behaviourSchool work and missing daysLinks with teachers and school staffLinking with school meal programs
