How in situ simulation affects paediatric nurses' clinical confidence.

Considering the emphasis on safety in health care, new methods for training qualified nurses are being considered. The use of simulation technologies to provide regular and repeated training for qualified nurses in the management of paediatric emergencies has yet to be investigated. This paper presents the results of a study designed to determine if and how a period of regular simulation training in the management of paediatric emergencies improves qualified nurses' clinical confidence.

The Imperial Paediatric Emergency Training Toolkit (IPETT) for use in paediatric emergency training: development and evaluation of feasibility and validity.

Aim: To develop and test the feasibility, reliability, and validity of a practical toolkit for the assessment and feedback of skills required to manage paediatric emergencies in critical care settings.

Methods: The Imperial Paediatric Emergency Training Toolkit (IPETT) was developed based on current evidence-base and expert input. IPETT assesses both technical and non-technical skills.

Bacterial tracheitis: a multi-centre perspective.

The published literature on bacterial tracheitis is limited. We report the first multi-centre study of bacterial tracheitis together with a concise review of the literature. We conducted a retrospective study of cases admitted during the period 1993-2007 to 3 tertiary paediatric centres in the United Kingdom and 1 in Australia.

Negative pressure ventilation in pediatric critical care setting.

Invasive ventilation is associated with both pulmonary and non-pulmonary complications. There has been a renewed interest in the use of negative pressure ventilation (NPV) for various medical conditions to minimise the complications associated with positive pressure ventilation. The routine use of NPV in an ICU setting still requires further studies and research.

Children with human immunodeficiency virus admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit in the United Kingdom over a 10-year period.

Objective: There is little published experience regarding the outcome of children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection treated on a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). We describe the outcome of children with HIV infection in our hospital over a 10-year period.

Method: We performed a retrospective analysis of all children with HIV infection admitted to our PICU between August 1992 and July 2002.