Tag: FOAMped
Micro Machines: Sick Neonates at #RATH2018
Micro Machines – Sick Neonates at #RATH2018 If there’s one area in paediatric emergency medicine that seems to scare people more than any other, it’s neonates. It’s hard to fathom how something so small can …
#badEMfest18 Day 3. St Emlyn’s
After a very relaxing Friday evening with live music, fireside chats and a wine tasting (from the wine farm of Lee Wallis, no less!), Saturday kicked off with workshops bright and early. Morning Workshops Critical …
Journal Club – Trauma CT in Paediatric Patients
I have a confession to make – I once requested a whole body CT (WBCT) in a paediatric patient. [Yes, yes, I know!] To be fair, we didn’t know he was a paediatric patient at …
#badEMFest18 Day 2. St Emlyn’s.
Day two of #badEMFest18 started with sun and beauty. Some lunatics went off for a run in the morning….. #BADEMFest18 pic.twitter.com/BS3SQHVlWd — Brian Burns (@HawkmoonHEMS) March 23, 2018 Day two formally kicked off with a …
#StEmlynsLIVE: October 9th 2018.
If you’ve already decided to come just click this link to book your place 🙂 We are delighted to announce that #StEmlynsLIVE is happening this October in Manchester. It’s a one day conference built around …
JC: Pain Scales in the Paediatric ED
I will confess a geeky interest in paediatric pain management (I’ve spoken and written about it before at St Emlyns), so when I spotted this paper published online ahead of print a few months ago …
JC: The Quick-Wee Method for Faster Clean Catch Urine Collection
The wilful nature of children is responsible for a lot of the facial expressions we see in the paediatric emergency department but few parents are as frustrated as those waiting… and waiting… and waiting for …
Critically Ill in PED – the Patient Perspective at #smaccMINI #smaccDUB
One of my favourite sections of the #smaccMINI workshop at #smaccDUB last year was when my Paediatric ED colleague Roisin McNamara from Dublin and I got the chance to speak a young woman called Eimear. Roisin …
You Snooze, You Lose? #smaccUS The Child with Altered Consciousness
As a part of the #smaccMINI workshop back in Chicago in 2015, I spoke about the approach to the child with an altered conscious level. The podcast is below along with a brief summary of …
Thinking the Unthinkable: Child Protection in the Emergency Department
That people in a position of trust could intentionally injure, abuse or neglect children is almost unthinkable but it is a reality in the day-to-day practice of the Emergency Department1. Unfortunately, not only is it …