Keeping Kids Calm without Ketamine
Keeping Kids Calm in the ED can be challenging. Often, however, simple strategies can help ensure the patient is comfortable and you are able to get a full assessment. Let's Review some of those simple tactics.
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Dexmedetomidine for Sedation in Pediatric ED
Dexmedetomidine is becoming more commonly used in the ICU and has potential benefits that make it useful in the ED. Let us spend a minute to review.
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
I know that those of you looking forward to celebrating (in a responsible and socially distant manner) the 4th of July may be expecting a Morsel that is thematically appropriate (ex, Sparkler Injuries). That seems too quaint in times like…
CounterBalance the COVID Chaos
When you think of “balance” do you think of a perfectly still scale or a yogi standing on one leg with appendages gracefully, equally extended? Certainly, those do represent balance, but those mostly reflect balance in a “quiet system.” The…