Tag: pediatrics
Unforgettable: Don’t Forget the Bubbles 2017 (#DFTB17) with Kat Gridley & St.Emlyn’s
My name is Katherine Gridley and as a Brisbane local and emergency registrar with a paeds interest, I jumped at the chance to talk about one of the latest events on the medical conference …
It’s Not OK: Communication in Paediatric Critical Care at #dasSMACC
I don’t know about you but I had relatively little communication skills training at medical school. It was two or three days over five years and I thought that was ok, but now it …
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 …
All the King’s Horses… difficult conversations with children in critical care. St.Emlyn’s.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again1. This blog tackles a really challenging topic in our theme around communication and wellbeing2–4. How do we approach difficult conversations with …
Apparent Life Threatening Events in Babies – Trouble BRUEing
Whenever I start to think about teaching on a paediatric subject, I feel like I should open with a reminder that being a parent is HARD. It’s REALLY HARD. Especially for first-time parents with newborn …
JC: Why don’t we use dexamethasone for children’s asthma?
This post is written by Dr Niall Morris Prednisolone is about as tried and tested a treatment as we have in medicine. We all know how fantastic it is for settling down exacerbations of asthma. …
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 …
New kids on the block. 2015 APLS trauma updates.
The Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) is, in my opinion at least, a great course. Covering paediatric life support, serious illness and injury it’s got a good reputation and is led by a team of …
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 …
Stop Crying Your Heart Out – Paediatrics at St Emlyn’s
Most EDs in the UK see a mixture of adult and paediatric patients. You’ve probably seen sick adults as part of your F1 year but we know that for many new ED docs this is …
