Lesson 1Rules for home care vs hospital stay: WHO and AAP advice on lung sickness seriousness and stay signsLooks at rules for home vs hospital care using WHO and AAP signs, mixing oxygen levels, feeding skill, breathing effort, and home factors to plan safe next steps for Zimbabwean babies.
WHO lung sickness seriousness groupsAAP signs for hospital stayRole of oxygen levels and breathing effortFeeding skill and home help factorsPlanning safe check-back and reviewLesson 2Sorting and warning signs needing quick send: bad breathing trouble, low oxygen, poor mouth intake, repeat breath stops, blue skinSets sorting priorities and warning signs like bad trouble, low oxygen, poor feeding, repeat breath stops, and blue skin, guiding quick send, steady steps, and safe move of babies with life-risk sickness.
Spotting bad breathing troubleFinding low oxygen and blue skinRepeat breath stops and changed awarenessPoor mouth intake and dry-out riskSteady before move or sendLesson 3Illness guesses for heat with cough and quick breathing: small airway sickness, community lung infection, whooping cough, virus nose-throat sicknessChecks main illness guesses for babies with heat, cough, and quick breathing, like small airway sickness, lung infection, whooping cough, and virus nose-throat, highlighting different signs and test-treatment effects.
Signs of small airway sicknessCommunity lung infection waysSpotting whooping cough in babiesVirus nose-throat sickness signs and mixesWarning signs for other guessesLesson 4Basic tests: chest picture signs, nose virus testing, full blood count and infection marker when neededSets when to call chest pictures, virus PCR or quick tests, and simple blood work in babies with sudden breathing signs, focusing on skipping unneeded tests while finding serious germ or odd sickness.
Chest picture signs and limitsNose virus PCR and quick testsRole of full blood count and infection markerReading mixed virus and germ resultsLesson 5Body workings and common causes of cough, heat, and quick breathing in babiesExplains airway and lung workings in early babyhood and how virus, germ, and surroundings factors cause cough, heat, and quick breathing, linking common names like small airway sickness, lung infection, and virus nose-throat to base workings.
Baby airway shape and flexWays of cough and mucus makingCauses of heat in breathing sicknessReasons for quick breathing in young babiesLesson 6Signs of breathing trouble: nose widening, chest pulling in, grunting, quick breathing age cutsDescribes signs of breathing trouble in babies, like nose widening, chest pulling, grunting, and age quick breathing cuts, and how to grade badness and watch changes bedside in Zimbabwean clinics.
Nose widening and head noddingChest pulling and sinking waysGrunting and extra muscle useAge quick breathing limitsScore ways for trouble badnessLesson 7Treatment basics: oxygen help levels, small airway support care, signs for mouth vs drip germ killers, airway opener and steroid adviceSums treatment plans including oxygen levels, small airway support care, and when to use germ killers, airway openers, or steroids, stressing proof-based ways and skipping unneeded meds in local practice.
Oxygen help levels and givingSupport care in small airway sicknessMouth vs drip germ killer signsAirway opener and steroid useWatching answer and treatment failLesson 8First bedside tests: finger oxygen reading, breathing count, skin refill, quick sugar checkCovers bedside tools like finger oxygen, breathing count, skin refill, and quick sugar, with handy tips for true readings and result sense in young Zimbabwean babies.
Right finger oxygen wayCounting breathing trueChecking skin refill and blood flowQuick sugar check signsMixing bedside finds into sortingLesson 9Key background questions: sign start and length, feeding and drink intake, shots, home contacts, smoke touchDetails sharp background in babies with breathing signs, including start and length, feeding and drink, shot status, smoke touch, and sick home links, to guide risk grouping and care choices.
Sign start, length, and growthFeeding, drink intake, and out historyShot status and missed onesHome contacts and sick touchesHome smoke and dirt touchLesson 10Parent advice: home care, when to come back, home drink and heat handling, shot boostGives advice on parent teaching about home care, drink, heat control, med use, and shots, and clear guides on danger signs and when to get quick recheck in communities.
Explaining name and expected pathHome drink and feeding plansSafe heat handling and medsCome-back warnings and danger signsBoosting usual and catch-up shotsLesson 11Guide 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, and Zimbabwean child breathing plans, stressing matching local ways with proof-based global standards for baby care.
WHO IMCI lung groupingsAAP small airway care guideLocal child lung plansFitting guides to local suppliesLesson 12Drink and feeding handling for babies with low intakeCovers check of drink and feeding in sick babies, drink need counts, safe mouth, nose-tube, and drip drinks, and watching to stop dry-out, too much drink, and feeding-breathing risks.
Checking drink and wee outMouth and nose-tube feeding plansSigns for drip drinks and speedsWatching for drink overload and low salt
