#Replay Bronchiolitis

As part of our summer #Replay series we are curating for you some of our best episodes from several years ago which you may not have come across yet in our archives. This one was recorded in the December of 2017 and discusses what is normally a Christmas theme - bronchiolitis.

Thanks to the strange circumstances this year, we are seeing an emergence of RSV and surges in cases causing hospitalisation outside of the normal 'bronchiolitis season'. So we thought this one might be a particularly apt episode to #Replay for you today. We hope it's useful!

Jenny and Amy discuss how to assess the babies on your caseload who have caught the dreaded RSV, when to signpost them to the GP and how to know when it's urgent enough to be sending them to A&E.

We also discuss the progression of the illness and some encouraging words you can share with parents on your caseload who are exhausted with bronchiolitis at the moment.

Have you ever heard of the bronchiolitis vaccine? Amy and Jenny tell you who is eligible and what the vaccine is all about.

Further Reading:
NHS Choices:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bronchiolitis/

Bronchiolitis Vaccine - The Green Book:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/458469/Green_Book_Chapter_27a_v2_0W.PDF

Example of Work of Breathing in an infant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYso_Oz-35k
*PLEASE NOTE: we chose this clip because it is quite a good, natural example of what you are looking for on a child's chest, however the terminology is American. If you are a SCPHN in the UK then we usually refer to 'subcostal recession' and 'tracheal tug'.

Jingle Bells from: https://freesound.org/people/juskiddink/sounds/110158/