Oh, once again, Homer is correct! Physics does matter. As does Anatomy and Physiology with respect to caring for children. We’ve previously discussed how these aspects have significance when evaluating ill and injured children (ex, Thoracic Trauma, Abdominal Trauma), but…
Let’s be honest: our job is awesome … on so many levels! One of the most awesome aspects, though, is the ability to feel like a Superhero when you are able to make a patient actually feel better! Sometimes that…
The threat of impending intestinal catastrophes is always lurking in the Pediatric ED. It is contemplated with each patient with abdominal pain or vomiting. While the symptoms may be related to non-emergent etiologies (ex, CRAP, Epiploic Appendagitis), our vigilant minds…
Motor vehicle crashes injure and kill many people each year and children are particularly at risk. While evaluating traumatized children leads us to considering many potential severe injuries (ex, Major Brain Injury, Cervical Spine Injury, Pneumothorax, Aortic Injury, Abdominal Injury),…
Foreign Bodies (FBs) are so commonly encountered in the Peds ED, sometimes it seems like they are not so “foreign.” FBs end up everywhere we look: in the Nose, Ear, Skin, Esophagus and Airway! Often they are relatively “easy” to…
A New Year begins. With it, personal resolutions are being made throughout the lands. If you have yet to select a worthwhile New Year’s Resolution, join me in striving toward an improvement goal that can benefit ourselves as well as…