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The Broselow-Luten System

Pediatric EM Morsels

Initially tested in Johannesburg, South Africa: 1 month old to 12 years old Broselow predicted within 10% of weight in 63.6% x length or height (cm)] There is a great review article that lists many other weight estimation formulae. Prehosp Emerg Care. Patient safety in the pediatric emergency care setting. 2020;13(1):9.

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PEM POCUS Series: Pediatric Lung Ultrasound

ALiEM

Child with Cough and Fever: Case Introduction A 6-year-old boy presents to the emergency department complaining of cough for 3 days and fever for the last day. Technique Positioning and Probe Figure 1: Younger children can sit in their parent’s lap and give a hug for lateral and posterior lung scanning.

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PEM POCUS Series: Soft Tissue Ultrasound

ALiEM

Case Introduction: Child with abdominal pain Wendy is a 7-year-old girl who comes into the emergency department with redness, swelling, and pain on her left calf. Her symptoms started 1 week ago as a scratch which progressively got more red and painful. Pediatric Soft Tissue POCUS Ultrasound Technique Figure 1.

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Another deadly triage ECG missed, and the waiting patient leaves before being seen. What is this nearly pathognomonic ECG?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Bobby Nicholson, MD 67 year old male with history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to the Emergency Department via ambulance with midsternal nonradiating chest pain and dyspnea on exertion. Pain improved to 1/10 after EMS administers 324 mg aspirin and the following EKG is obtained at triage. Stein et al.

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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. This article is based on: Mayberry, H., Intensive Care Research , 1 (3-4), pp.60-64.

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Elbow Dislocations

REBEL EM

1998 Jan-Feb;6(1):15-23. PMID: 32644703 Robinson PM, Griffiths E, Watts AC. 2017 Jul;9(3):195-204. Elbow Dislocations in the Emergency Department: A Review of Reduction Techniques. J Emerg Med. PMID: 29681420 Gottschalk HP, Eisner E, Hosalkar HS. 1999 Jan;13(1):58-9. 2022 Aug 2.

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The 80th Bubble wrap x DFTB MSc in PEM

Don't Forget the Bubbles

With millions of journal articles published yearly, it is impossible to keep up. Our team has scoured the literature, so you don’t have to—or it might spark an interest in reading the full article. Article 1: Positive urine cultures without pyuria Wang ME, Jones VG, Kane M, et al. 2024;24(1):111-118.

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