Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Children You’re working in the peds ED and the weather outside is just starting to get warmer. Your first patient of the day is a young 2 yo girl with no PMH as per the…
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Peds In A Pod: Percutaneous Transtracheal Jet Ventilation
Hey everyone. It’s time for another peds blog. We were in a short hiatus but now we are back on. I figured that while we were in our procedure blog, we should cover a topic involving the little ones. And…
Peds in a Pod: C-spine Clearance
C-spine clearance….OH MY!!! So glad that Neil had that awesome image last week. It ties in well to this month’s blog. Let’s face it. As emergency physicians, clearing the C-spine on an injured adult seems like a daily…
Peds in a Pod: So What’s the Deal With Bronchiolitis?
HELP!!! This baby is wheezing We’ve all been there. That shift when a parent walks in with their 4 month old wheezing for the first time. It’s that time when it seems like every child has a URI and…
Peds in a Pod: Submersion
Splash!!! Welcome to the first entry of our monthly pediatric blog. Here we will talk about evidence based medicine and it’s clinical utility in the ER with our younger patients. Enjoy! Here’s a case to get…