The theoretical is obvious. If you have an air pocket you can breathe into after an avalanche, you should survive longer than if you don’t. This study intended to ascertain if this was true, as their hypothesis was that air…
A Question and Answer review of Paediatric Sedation In The Emergency Department. Ketamine and ketamine sedation
A case-based Q-and-A on procedural sedation using ketamine to remove a button battery from a child's nose. What if laryngospasm occurs?
A 4 year-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his parents with a history of increasing numbers of red spots on his legs over the past 6 days.
A 6 year-old boy presents with 5 days of vomiting. He is drowsy, lethargic and is now too weak to walk. What's going on?
A 6-year old boy presents to ED in agony after entrapping his penis in the zipper of his new jeans. Do you have the skills to set him free?
A 5 year old boy presents vomiting and diarrhoea. He is very weak, to the point where he's been having trouble standing up. hypokalemia
Baby Tim is 3 months-old and has been crying inconsolably. Can you help her? TIM CRIES infantile colic
A 3 week-old newborn is brought in to the emergency department by her worried parents. A non-blanching rash has appeared overnight. How are you going to handle this scenario?
An infant is brought in by his concerned parents. Splat! Vomiting is the presenting complaint. Can you work out what's going on and help this sick baby?
aka Pediatric Perplexity 005 A toddler was brought to the emergency department for increasing respiratory distress over the past few days. He has also had fevers, and was started on antibiotics by his family doctor with no improvement. In the…
A 2 year-old boy requires intubation to manage his acutely obstructed airway. He is going downhill fast. What are you going to do? pediatric intubation