Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

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.

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PHEM Cast

MARCH 3, 2019

Long-term pain prevalence and health-related quality of life outcomes for patients enrolled in a ketamine versus morphine for prehospital traumatic pain randomised controlled trial. Trench entrapment: is ketamine safe to use for sedation in head injury? 2006 Nov 1;48(5):605–12. Emergency Medicine Journal. Emerg Med J.

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The Injectable Orange

JUNE 20, 2017

The world is a strange place when we can’t do something so simple when it’s critical, but we do it so well when the outcomes are meaningless. The ED team had just finished an in situ simulation where the focus was on rapid sequence intubation (RSI) in head injury, and using the new intubation checklist.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2016

Abusive head injury is the most common cause of death from child abuse. Up to 30% of infants with abusive head injury may be misdiagnosed on initial presentation. 2006; 26(5):1485-500. 2006 Apr;7(2):75-80. Infants especially present with non-specific complaints like fussiness or vomiting. Louwers et al.

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