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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

We have mentioned the Glasgow Coma Scale in multiple delicious morsels: Minor closed head injuries in <3 month olds and in the rebaked morsel , Blunt cerebrovascular injury , Cerebral edema in DKA , Pediatric Trauma Pitfalls , and Carbon monoxide poisoning. Predicting outcome in individual patients after severe head injury.

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Trauma Care Day 3

PHEM Cast

One RTC – 3 perspectives’ – Darren North The fire service have only had a statutory duty to attend RTCs since 2004. The mechanisms of trauma death in children are: RTCs, falls and other humans hurting them The main cause of death is due to severe head injury.

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Episode 32: Ketamine

PHEM Cast

2004 May 1;21(3):275–80. 2004 May 1;21(3):351–4. Trench entrapment: is ketamine safe to use for sedation in head injury? 2004 May 1;21(3):290–5. Ketamine for paediatric sedation/analgesia in the emergency department. Emerg Med J. Ketamine in prehospital care. Emerg Med J. Gunning M, Perkins Z, Quinn T. Emerg Med J.