Paediatrics

A summary of the talks from Day 2 of the PREMIER conference covering a wide range of topics in paediatric trauma.

Highlights from the first day of the 2023 PREMIER Wessex conference, focused on paediatric medical emergencies. Sessions cover non-epileptic events, brief resolved unexplained events, prolonged seizures, supraventricular tachycardia, anaphylaxis and metabolic presentations in the emergency department.

A 2022 appraisal of the FORCE trial comparing an offer of bandaging with rigid immobilisation for children's distal radius buckle fractures. It examines pain outcomes, treatment preferences and how the trial design reflects conversations with children and families.

Natalie May shares notes from day two of the 2021 Paediatric Emergencies Colloquium. The sessions cover paediatric pain management and sedation, acute respiratory distress syndrome and toxicology, combining conference learning with her own clinical reflections.

Paediatric dental trauma, metabolic emergencies and vaping feature in Natalie May's notes from day one of the 2021 Paediatric Emergencies Colloquium. She draws out practical learning points from the virtual meeting and reflects on their relevance to emergency care.

How well do guidelines identify meningococcal disease in children with fever and a non-blanching rash? Natalie May reviews the PiC study, examining sensitivity, overtreatment and what happened when clinicians departed from protocols, while keeping the study population and limitations in view.