On occasion, I get the honor of being to “asked” to help with my daughter’s homework. It isn’t common, fortunately, as I don’t recall middle school algebra that well, but recently I was emphasizing the fact that you cannot expect…
Evaluating the child with altered mental status can be very challenging. As with adults, there are a myriad of potential etiologies and it can be difficult to prioritize the order of the evaluation. Does this patient have an intracranial process…
Being flexible and creative are important traits to have while working the ED. It is also vital to always keep the end result in mind. Pain control is always an important endpoint for us to constantly consider. While most of us…
One of my personal goals is to make my life easier. Yes, that is easier said than done; particularly given my proclivity for working in the Emergency Department. The ED is not an easy place to work many times, particularly when…
Most of us entered into the practice of medicine to “make a difference.” {Having read a lot of applicants’ personal statements, I know this to be true.} The realm of Pediatric Emergency Medicine often…
Honestly, one of the best aspects of writing the Ped EM Morsels weekly is that I benefit from learning (or re-learning) something each week. This week is a great example of that phenomenon. We do not often have to care…
Discussion of bleeding and bleeding disorders always garners attention. We have recently covered hemophilia, ITP, and hemorrhagic disease of the newborn, but let us turn our attention to the most prevalent bleeding disorder: Von Willebrand Disease. Certainly, making the diagnosis…