*This one is not specifically, Pediatric related… but it is useful nonetheless!* I just finished a shift that I was simply happy to survive without causing any harm to anyone, including myself. At the end of the shift, I…
I’m not sure if you have noticed, but the weather is starting to get a little warm. It almost makes you want to go swimming… and that brings to mind the second leading cause of accidental deaths in pediatric…
Regardless of whether you work at a large tertiary center or a referring hospital, unfortunately, you will be faced with the pediatric sexual assault victim. Most of us, despite our training and clinical experience, are still very uncomfortable managing…
Last week I mentioned that, at times, you realize that what you were taught may have been … hmm… not fully correct. Recently a colleague raised a great question: in the infant (6 week old) who has a…
We have discussed how exciting the management of otitis media can be already (see Acute Otitis Media and AOM and Cochlear Implants). I know, continuing to overwhelm you with AOM information will not likely increase your viewership of the website;…
That Popsicle stick is such a pain in the neck! How many times do I have to yell at my kids for jumping around with sticks in their mouths? Seriously… playing basketball with a lollipop in your mouth isn’t…
Children with respiratory distress can make even the most confident physician wish that the shift had ended a little sooner. Children with airway anomalies will make that already tight sphincter tone rise to epic levels. One of the most…