Category: Paeds
JC: Don’t Write off the Respiratory Rate – Part One
Two really interesting PEM-relevant papers appeared online first in Archives of Disease in Childhood in July – and happy days, both are FOAM! What’s great about these papers is how they compliment each other in …
JC: Gadgets and Gizmos for gaining IV access in kids. St.Emlyn’s
If you have heard the St.Emlyn’s team talk about innovation then you will know that we have a healthy scepticism for technology. Technology is great of course and we love gadgets as much as the …
Torticollis: A Real Pain in the Neck
By the time you’ve worked in the Emergency Department for more than a week it’s highly likely you’ll have seen a patient who has a bit of a sore neck after a relatively minor bump …
JC: Getting Chilly Quickly 4. Doing It For The Kids
We have looked at therapeutic hypothermia not once, not twice, but three times already here at St Emlyn’s; most of our ED consultants also work, at least some of the time, down the long corridor in …
JC: One Benzo Fits All? Lorazepam vs Diazepam for Paediatric Status Epilepticus
It’s been a little quiet of late here in the lofty towers of St Emlyn’s Virtual Hospital, not because the patients have stopped coming (trust me, they haven’t) but because many of the clinicians have …
EduWars: Sticky Eyes in Kids at the EMEC
Sticky eyes in kids… Dead easy to treat, right? Well… Maybe not. This post is a little different from the usual posts you’ll find on St Emlyn’s. It includes a clinical topic with a teaching …
Trials and Tribulations: Ross Fisher on Paediatric Trauma at the London Trauma Conference
You’ve probably worked out by now that the London Trauma conference was full of awesomeness and controversy. Obviously I’m biased, but I found the paediatric stream particularly engaging and I was lucky enough to …
Save Yourself Earache – Antibiotics and Otitis Media in the ED
When I was a medical student a friend of mine completed a special study module in ENT which involved a case-based, evidence-based essay on a clinical topic of his choice. He chose acute otitis media. …
Breathe! Approach to the child who is short of breath. St.Emlyn’s
This post in the St Emlyn’s Induction Series covers the approach to the child who is short of breath. Check out the induction podcast below, followed by some learning points and further reading Step One …
Hide And Seek: Button Batteries in the Emergency Department
We see lots of kids presenting to the ED with “things” where they shouldn’t be (we see adults too, sometimes – but that’s a whole set of different stories). Foreign bodies show up in all …