Every so often you encounter a patient that has a finding that catches you by surprise. Like having air in places that should not have air in them. We have discussed spontaneous pneumothorax and traumatic pneumothorax in children as well as how to…
Without question, kids will put the oddest objects into their orifices… and then say that they don’t know how they got there. While this can lead to same comic relief to your otherwise stressful shift, managing a foreign body can…
Kids, certainly, love to get themselves into difficult scenarios. We’ve all seen funny photos of kids’ heads wedged between the spindles of a bannister. Occasionally, kids will present to the ED having placed themselves in unusual and unfortunate predicaments (certainly,…