“OH &!@# It’s A Kid” is a deep dive into the provider’s ability to successfully care for the critical pediatric patient. I’ll be referencing Disney’s Inside Out as a guide to look at the challenges the providers feel while managing a critically ill and/or injured child. For the first time, it’s a presentation looking at what the provider overcomes within themselves, not the assessment or interventions of a critical pediatric patient. Normal vital signs, weight-based medication doses, anatomical differences, ectectera aren’t going to be reviewed here! We’re going to get uncomfortable and talk about feelings with the goal of creating a workable frame of mind to successfully care for the critical pediatric patient. You’ll first ask yourself, “who’s running my console” and then you’ll be deciding “who do I need to be running my console so I can rock this call”.