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BBB scenario: My Baby has MRSA!
Role: You are the Specialist Neonatal Registrar
Setting: SCBU, local DGH
Talking to: Amelia, Tim’s Mum
Task: Tim is a 40-day old baby who was born prematurely at 27 weeks. He had a rocky postnatal course with medical
concerns including Sepsis, NEC (medically managed) and IVH, but is now stable. He was transferred from a tertiary
center to your hospital’s SCBU 2 days ago. Admission MRSA swabs are positive.
Please update Amelia about this result, and explain the plan moving forward.
Resources
https://clinmedjournals.org/articles/ijcc/ijcc-2-019table6.html (Interpretation of heart sounds)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtXNnmifbhE&list=PL3n8cHP87ijDnqI8_5WQlS4tN37D6P4dH (Heart sound audios – Youtube)
http://www.easyauscultation.com/heart-sounds (Heart sounds)
https://mrcpch.paediatrics.co.uk/cardiovascular/examination-guide/ (For videos demonstrating examination)
By Maithili Raju, MRCPCH RLH Course 2023
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