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Handover, referral and consultation in paediatrics — branching viva
Branching viva on I-PASS, ISBAR consult craft, closed-loop resuscitation talk, complex-child transfer and interpreter-safe handoff.
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RACP General PaediatricsRACP DCEMRCPCH ClinicalRCPSC Pediatrics
Prompt
You are the paediatric registrar. The examiner will move you through linked communication problems: a night I-PASS handoff, a specialty consult call, a code-team closed-loop order, and a language-discordant complex-child transfer.
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You have four linked oral tasks. Speak as you would on the ward. Structure is marked. [1]
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