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 […]
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Paediatrics
All of the St Emlyn’s Blog and Podcast content that relates to Paediatrics and Child Health. Click here to learn more…
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,
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Podcast – Shortness of Breath in Children
In this podcast, we’ll delve into a topic that can be quite daunting for those new to Emergency Medicine: managing pediatric patients who present with shortness of breath. Listening Time
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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
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