Treating Children during COVID-19

Are you a pediatric healthcare provider? Our COVID-19 pediatric specialty care resources for providers and families are available at no charge. Access resources for a variety of care settings, including treatment guidelines for pediatric patients hospitalized with COVID-19, a Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Clinical Overview, and education and prevention information for parents and families. You’ll also find journal articles and guidelines to support your treatment of COVID-19 in young people. These COVID-19-related materials are not intended to provide medical advice or substitute for the judgment of healthcare professionals in patient care.

• Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)

• "Covid-19 in children and young people" - The Lancet, Rheumatology

• Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for children

• Community-acquired pneumonia in children (aged older than 3 months)

• Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, Chapter 291, Pediatric COVID-19: MIS-C

• AAP, Interim Guidance on MIS-C

Resources to support evaluation and triage, isolation, infection prevention and control measures, patient evaluation and testing.

Nursing and Allied Health Care Plans

• ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) (Pediatric Inpatient)

• Mechanical Ventilation, Invasive (Pediatric Inpatient)

• Sepsis or Septic Shock (Pediatric ED)

Nursing Skills

• Endotracheal Tube Closed Suctioning (Pediatrics)

• Mechanical Ventilation: HighFrequency Oscillatory Ventilation (Pediatric)

• Mechanical Ventilation: Pediatric Volume Mode (Respiratory Therapy)