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Rebaked Morsel: Pediatric Buckle and Greenstick Forearm Fractures

Pediatric EM Morsels

Trauma season is at hand and like all other pediatric emergency departments in the country, we find our ED breaking ( pun intended ) at the seams with orthopedic injuries. Plint, 2006. We see all different flavors of upper extremity injuries. West, 2005.

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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

You are the Paediatric doctor on call and receive a call for an incoming patient to the emergency department. Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. Pediatric Endotracheal Intubations for Airway Management in the Emergency Department.

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Annals of B Pod: Social EM Corner- Suicide Related Behaviors

Taming the SRU

1,2] Patients at risk for suicide often interact with emergency medical care. Suicide-related behavior (SRB) accounts for 1% of all Emergency Department (ED) visits; additionally, greater than 8% of patients visiting emergency departments are likely experiencing suicidal ideation at the time of the encounter.[3-5]

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Active shooter in emergency departments in Guanajuato State, Mexico

Emergency Medicine Journal

The rate of violent events in Mexico, especially in hospital settings, has increased since 2006, but has become more evident in 2018. Mass violence events, especially in healthcare settings, have devastating consequences and long-lasting effects on the victims and the community.

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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Academic emergency medicine 12.9 2006 May;34(5):379-87. Interrater reliability of Glasgow Coma Scale scores in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 2005): 814–819. Chung CY, Chen CL, Cheng PT, See LC, Tang SF, Wong AM. Critical score of Glasgow Coma Scale for pediatric traumatic brain injury. Pediatr Neurol.

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Paediatric emergency medicine in the UK: are we meeting the needs of our children today? A descriptive workforce survey 2006-2023

Emergency Medicine Journal

In England, the rate of emergency department (ED) attendance in the first year of life is greater than at any other age, amounting to 122 visits per 100 000 population. 1 Children aged 0–16 accounted for 23% of ED attendances (more than 5.4 million children) in 2022/2023, with children aged 0–4 accounting for 11%.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

PEMBlog

Most children who present to Pediatric Emergency Departments these days with mental health concerns – including agitation – have a known psychiatric problem or diagnosis. In: Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5th, Fleisher GR, Ludwig S, Henretig FM (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2006.