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We've all seen limping children. Maybe some of us have even had limping children. Some departments have excellent management strategies and pathways. Some don't. Here's some of our thoughts, musings and suggestions.
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As with many things, there are no real concrete or evidence-based answers as to which Inotropes and vasopressors to use and when, but here are some thoughts and definitions.
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Visiting hospital can be scary at any age. Facilitating a positive hospital experience for children is particularly important as many of them will require further hospital attendances and treatments in their lifetime. We dont want this to be a frightening place for them.
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This blog presents a whistle stop tour of adolescent medicine as it applies to the ED. It discusses some hints and tips on how to improve the ED experience for adolescents whilst also increasing your confidence in supporting the needs of this sometimes tricky age group.
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Top Tips for Breastfeeding Parents in the Adult ED
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This is a section on communication skills that we have updated and reprinted from our medical student iBook.
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Winter is upon us, and the wheezers are slowly filling our waiting areas
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Acute back pain is something that we see fairly often in the emergency department
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In this blog we will talk about how to overcome barriers, which will help you build trust with and get the information you need from the patient to treat them and keep them safe, with some great insights from young people working with Redthread.
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Is it time to ditch Aspiration Pneumonia and replace it with Frailty Associated Pneumonia?
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This was originally published as part of the medical student iBook. Weve reproduced it here with some additions as we think its great, and as much as this is written from a medical student perspective, it could be a new FY2 or a new nurse - or an old hand.
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Children with noisy or difficult breathing often present to the Emergency Department (ED). The acuity of these patients varies, but any of the conditions that cause respiratory symptoms can be life threatening
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Inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) are disorders of chemical pathways. These diseases led to dangerous deficiencies or excesses of chemicals.
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This blog aims to introduce some concepts around bad or difficult news, link to some structures for delivering bad news, and hopefully stimulate some further thoughts and discussions.
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Children are often found to have a heart murmur when seen in the Emergency Department, but when does a heart murmur actually mean something?
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This blog discusses the preparation, assessment and management of the patients presenting with maxillofacial injuries.
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Abdominal pain is a common presentation in paediatrics-increasing as the child gets older. Hopefully, this blog will serve as a guide of what to look for, when to refer and when to worry!
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Poor old lumbar spine it does a lot of the heavy lifting for the body but probably doesnt get anywhere near the attention of the cervical spine when it comes to trauma.
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Advances in neonatal care have resulted in more ex-prems being discharged into the community, and these fragile neonates tend to be frequent fliers.
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The legal aspects of Emergency Medicine can be difficult and often a trainee spends less time reading about these, unless a specific situation arises in work.
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Class A drug in the UK - illegal to possess, give away or sell. Possession can be punished with 7 years in jail.
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Its happening again. Paediatrics - moving from one infectious disease to the next. It feels like we are only just peeling down the posters from the measles outbreak, when we are putting up the pertussis one.
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Headaches are one of the most common presentations to the ED and may be primary or secondary. We want to help you differentiate between those benign ones that just require simple analgesia and reassurance, and those that require further investigation.