Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Feb 01 2025 15 ep. 28 mins 1.1k

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You make tough calls when caring for acutely ill and injured children. Join us for strategy and support, through clinical cases, research and reviews, and best practice guidance in our ever-changing acute care landscape. This is your Pediatric Emergency Playbook.

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Precipitous Delivery

Feb 01 2025 30 mins

“You don’t have to get ready if you stay ready.” Selected References Selected References Desai NM, Tsukerman A. Vaginal Delivery. [Updated 2023 Jul 24]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from: https://www.nc

From the Ashes of SIRS: the Phoenix Sepsis Score

Jun 01 2024 23 mins

Sick or Not Sick works until it doesn’t. The “gap kids” may need observation or further investigation. SIRS is OUT — your clinical judgement is IN. Use the Phoenix Sepsis Score to determine the diagnosis of sepsis and septic shock, decide level of care. Sepsis diagnosis is operationalized as 2 points or more on the Phoenix Sepsis Score, and se

Torticollis

Mar 01 2024 25 mins

Selected References Fąfara-Leś A, Kwiatkowski S, Maryńczak L, et al. Torticollis as a first sign of posterior fossa and cervical spinal cord tumors in children. Childs Nerv Syst. 2014; 30:425. Gundrathi J, Cunha B, Mendez MD. Congenital Torticollis. [Updated 2023 Jan 31]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing. 2023 Jan-. Available from:

Neonatal Resuscitation

Aug 01 2023 34 mins

Selected References Aramendi E, Irusta U. To interrupt, or not to interrupt chest compressions for ventilation: that is the question! J Thorac Dis. 2016 Jan;8(1):E121-3. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2016.01.04. PMID: 26904239; PMCID: PMC4740154. Aziz K, Lee CHC, Escobedo MB, Hoover AV, Kamath-Rayne BD, Kapadia VS, Magid DJ, Niermeyer S, Schmölzer GM, Szyld E, Weiner

Briefing, Huddling, and Debriefing in the PED

Jun 01 2023 38 mins

MO_04_03_0915-0945_Debriefing_HoreczkoDownload Selected ReferencesAnders Ericsson K et al. Deliberate Practice and Proposed Limits on the Effects of Practice onthe Acquisition of Expert Performance: Why the Original Definition Matters andRecommendations for Future Research. Front. Psychol., 25 October 2019 Arriaga AF et al. Real Time Debriefing After Critical Events: Explor

Wound Care at Home

Apr 01 2023 48 mins

You always have a moment before departure to explain and troubleshoot ahead of time. Thanks, Sean Fox! 😉 Take that moment, come up with a plan together.

Palms and Soles

Oct 01 2022 28 mins

“The Thinker’s Rash…” MAKES A MRC “Makes a Mark” Measles Arthritis Kawasaki Endocarditis Syphilis Allergy/Atopy Meningococcemia Rickettsia Coxsackie Measles Koplik spots appear in the mouth before the macular rash that starts at the hairline, and progresses to the extremities. Arthritis Reactive arthritis

Animal Bites in Children

Selected References Bigliardi P, Langer S, Cruz JJ, Kim SW, Nair H, Srisawasdi G. An Asian Perspective on Povidone Iodine in Wound Healing. Dermatology. 2017;233(2-3):223-233. doi: 10.1159/000479150. Epub 2017 Aug 29. PMID: 28848111. Broughton II G et al. War and Medicine: A Brief History of the Military’s Contribution. Advances in W California Department of Public Hea

Focus On: Maneuvers for Murmurs

Jul 01 2022 19 mins

Selected References O’Keefe E, Singh P. Physiology, Cardiac Preload. [Updated 2021 Oct 1]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2022 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK541109/Singh GK. Congenital Aortic Valve Stenosis. Children (Basel). 2019;6(5):69. Published 2019 May 13. doi:10.3390/children6050069Thomas SL, H

Pathologic Murmurs in Children

Jun 01 2022 30 mins

Selected References Donofrio MT, Engle MA, O’Loughlin JE, Snyder MS, Levin AR, Ehlers KH, Gold J. Congenital aortic regurgitation: natural history and management. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1992 Aug;20(2):366-72. doi: 10.1016/0735-1097(92)90104-u. PMID: 1634673. Elliot LP et al. CONGENITAL MITRAL STENOSIS. Pediatrics October 1962; 30 (4): 552–562. 10.1542/peds.30.4.552 Ferreira