Children with developmental disability in acute care — branching viva

Opening (2 minutes)

Examiner: "How do you approach this child?" ^[6]

Strong answer: ABC first like any child. Then caregiver baseline, search medical causes of behaviour change, apply reasonable adjustments, and score pain with an observational tool such as r-FLACC. Avoid diagnostic overshadowing. ^{[1] [3] [6]}