A 14 year old girl is carried in by her parents after “passing out” at home. The parents report that she had an abortion 2 weeks ago after which she was transfused multiple units of blood. They report she has…
A 2-year old previously healthy boy is brought to the emergency department for choking episode, throat pain & frequent coughing that started suddenly while playing with some toys. On examination, he looks comfortable in no respiratory distress, no drooling. Normal…
A 14 year old boy is brought in by his mother on Saturday at 9.00am because he woke her up at 6.00am vomiting clear liquid and complaining of lower abdominal pain. You start taking the history from the young man,…
Limping is one of the most common complaints in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Most children will have a limp at some point or another in their lives. Limping poses a challenge in the pediatric population, as it is difficult to…
CLEARING CHILDRENS’ CERVICAL SPINES IS A PAIN IN THE NECK! So, it’s been a couple of years since the blog has discussed cervical spine clearance in children. It’s a notoriously difficult task because the Nexus criteria* and the Canadian C-Spine…
Greetings everyone from sunny Florida! As you all know, I’m finishing up my 1st year of my peds EM fellowship and I just couldn’t stay away from County so I wanted to write a short blog article. I figured we…