Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In the UK, as in most developed countries, more patients are presenting to Emergency Departments (EDs) with minor illnesses or injuries. Emergency department overcrowding is a complex issue with multiple contributing factors. Learning about international trends sparked our curiosity about our own department.

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Taming the SRU

APRIL 14, 2024

For pediatric patients with an inguinal hernia, a unilateral frog leg position is helpful for aligning the inguinal canal. (7) 8) “Ultrasound may decrease the emergency surgery rate of incarcerated inguinal hernia” by Chen et al. (1) The Journal of Emergency Medicine , vol. Emergency Radiology (Print) , vol.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. Initially in the emergency department he was generally well-appearing with normal vital signs. Clinical features of neonatal toxic shock syndrome-like exanthematous disease emerging in Japan.

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Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

The next question is whether the same trend of decreased suicidality also applies to the pediatric population. A pediatric emergency department in Texas looked at the resulted of their routine suicide risk screenings for patients aged 11-21. Pediatrics. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(1):e2034261. 2020.34261 5. Brenner, J.

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EM Curious

JULY 24, 2015

A Comparison of Ultrasound-guided Three-in-one Femoral Nerve Block Versus Parenteral Opioids Alone for Analgesia in Emergency Department Patients With Hip Fractures: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Academic Emergency Medicine, 20(6), 584–591. Impact of ultrasound-guided femoral nerve blocks in the pediatric emergency department.

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Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

While PCT may be more specific for bacterial infections, it is flawed by still being rather non-specific and is not validated as a stand-alone diagnostic criteria for infection in the setting of the emergency department. 2003 Jun;111(12):1805-12. 2003 Jul;112(2):299. 2003 Jun;111(12):1805-12. 2003 Jul;112(2):299.

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ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

5 Pediatric discharges were reported by 2,784 hospitals in 2000 and the number of reporting hospitals increased to 4,179 in 2012. This database systematically and randomly samples pediatric discharges from participating hospitals. Summary The incidence of pediatric acute rheumatic fever in the United States appears to range from 0.51

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

OCTOBER 8, 2017

However, what is unique in Emergency Nurses , is the ability to confront, decisively and actively, any emergency, regardless of medical specialty; to do so instantly, and without initial direction. July 2003), Emergency Nursing: Historical, Current, and Future Roles. Academic Emergency Medicine, 10: 798–804.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Clear history taking In the Emergency Department, healthcare professionals should prioritise thorough history-taking when assessing potential suspected cases. 2003) Severe and unrecognised: pertussis in UK infants. Pediatric vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatrics. Epidemiol Infect.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Ben Lawton is a paediatric emergency physician in Brisbane Australia. He divides his time between a tertiary children’s hospital and a community hospital that is busy enough to have its own paediatric emergency department. He is part of the Don’t Forget the Bubbles team.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

AUGUST 2, 2016

Act V, scene I [Text from Folger Shakespeare Library] [Audio recording of Dramatic Reading; Chapter Vox] [Video recording of Act V, scene1] Most deaths that are brought to, or occur in, an emergency department will require, at least, discussion with the local Coroner or Medical Examiner. 2003 Revision. 2003 Revision.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Ballistic injuries in the emergency department. Emergency medicine practice, 13(12), 1-30. 4, April 2003 The Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program National Rifle Association Gun Control Controversy GunFacts.Info website 119 pp pdf Lott, John R. PMID: 24350154 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3860682 Tactical Combat Casualty Care (ppt) Dan S.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 1, 2023

How does that apply to the role of the board certified emergency physician? Fundamentally, I believe every patient coming to an emergency department is best served by care delivered by board certified emergency physicians. When those same fundamentals done right achieve great success, they aren’t little at all.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

The guiding principles in pediatric pain assessment and management are: know the child; know the family; and know the physiology. Children have long suffered from an under-treatment of their pain, due both to our incomplete acknowledgement of their pain and our fear of treatment ( Howard 2003 ).

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

My first real encounter with the healthcare system took place when I was about seven years old and had to go into hospital for an orchidopexy, so I can empathize with all the young people who come through our emergency department with acute testicular pain. Pediatric radiology , 48 , pp.735-744. Pediatrics , 102 (1), pp.73-76.

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RebelEM

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

leaving the nail in place and just trephinating for drainage) ( Seaberg 1991 , Roser 1999 , Batrick 2003, Dean 2012 ). Bottom Line: Despite the classic teaching, the best available evidence doesnt show a cosmetic difference between replacing the nail and not replacing the nail in pediatric patients. Pediatr Emer Care 2014; 30: 742-8.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Dennis Ren is a paediatric emergency medicine fellow at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. Pediatrics 2020 Case: A 4-year-old immunized girl presents to the emergency department (ED) with a fever and rhinorrhea for the […] The post SGEM#319: Is it Aseptic Meningitis or More Than This?

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 5, 2023

A 6-year-old girl from Saudi Arabia was referred by her General Practitioner to the local emergency department. Pediatr Allergy, Immunol Pulmonol 2017; 30: 191–201. 2003; 5: 229–240. Other non-pharmacological treatments are bladder emptying, exercise such as jogging, warm baths and analgesia. Anemia ; 2015.DOI:10.1155/2015/791498.

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