PedEM Morsels

Ped EM Morsels Tasty Morsels of Medical Education

February 16, 2018

Once again the Ped EM Morsels will address a topic that accentuates the fact that children are not aliens to be...

February 9, 2018

We all know that children are a special population of humans (please don’t say “kids aren’t little adults”- it engenders fear...

January 26, 2018

In the Emergency Department, we are constantly juggling large lists of differential diagnoses. We become facile at sorting through the vast...

January 12, 2018

When I was a resident (Not that long ago people! Come on!!), I was taught by Dr. Mattu (@amalmattu) that the...

December 8, 2017

Previously, we have discussed the potential counterproductive effects of saying the phrase “It’s just a virus.” Aside from the perception that...

December 1, 2017

We have previously discussed my distrust of neonates (ALTE, BRUE) and this may be why so many of the Morsels focus...

November 24, 2017

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of the year in the USA. We take time out of our busy schedules to stop...