emDOCs Podcast – Episode 146: Pediatric Gastric and Midgut Volvulus
What should you be considering with the infant with bilious emesis?
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LA Peds Ready Podcast: Special Pathogens – Part 1
In this episode, we are joined by Brad Goldberg, MD (Children’s Hospital Los Angeles), Erika Cheung, RN (Children’s Hospital Los Angeles), and Pooja Nawathe, MD (Cedars-Sinai)—leaders from the LA County Special Pathogens Program. Together, we discuss how emergency clinicians can recognize, isolate, and respond to patients with emerging infectious diseases using the practical Identify, Isolate, Inform (III) framework. From travel screening and PPE to isolation protocols and communication with public health, this episode is packed with practical pearls to help your team prepare before the next outbreak arrives.
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PECARN STELAR Podcast – Episode 5: Addressing Substance Use Disorder in children and adolescents – The impactful role of the ED
Adolescent substance use is significantly more prevalent than is recognized. The emergency department (ED) can be a great resource to acutely manage complications and help set up long term management goals and provide resources.
The Pediatric EMS Podcast: Prehospital Pediatric Traumatic Cardiac Arrest – Priorities for Care
On this episode of the Pediatric EMS Podcast focuses on the case of a pediatric out-of-hospital traumatic cardiac arrest. Dr. Finney and Dr. Romeo Ignacio discuss the unique management priorities for traumatic arrest and how it differs compared to medical cardiac arrest.
PECARN STELAR Podcast – Episode 1: Anaphylaxis
The emDOCs.net team is very happy to collaborate with PECARN STELAR (Seattle, Dallas/Texas, and Los Angeles) Node and the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC) in presenting high-yield pediatric topics that highlight evidence based medicine with solid research.
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EM@3AM: Kawasaki Disease
A 3-year-old male presents to the ED with one week of daily fevers >102°F associated with four days of rash on the trunk. His parents have been managing his fevers with acetaminophen and ibuprofen, but became worried today when they noticed redness and swelling of the tongue in addition to swelling in the hands and feet. Vital signs demonstrate a rectal temperature 39.5°C, BP 92/60, HR 130, RR 35, and SpO2 of 98%. Physical exam demonstrates an ill appearing child with bilateral conjunctival injection; erythematous tongue with dry, fissured lips; right sided cervical lymphadenopathy; an erythematous maculopapular rash on the chest, abdomen, and back; and nonpitting edema of the hands and feet. What is the most likely diagnosis?
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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 5: The Boarded ED Patient
We are in the midst of a staggering mental health crisis. Thousands of children and adolescents spend days at time in Emergency Departments waiting for definitive mental health disposition.
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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 4: Safe prehospital transport
There are protocols in place that assist highly trained Emergency Medical Service providers in assuring that agitated children are safely transported to their destination. This podcast episode is all about what prehospital providers should do to get these agitated children safely to the ED.
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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 2: Non-Pharmacologic Management
Agitated should always be treated with dignity and respect. This entails utilizing the least invasive non-pharmacologic means of assisting them, before moving to physical or chemical restraints. This podcast episode is all about age-appropriate non pharmacologic management strategies for agitated children. It is also episode 2 in a 5 episode series focused on agitation in children and adolescents.
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Pediatric Small Talk – Heartache When Kids Don’t Thrive: Finding the 1 in 100,000
What do you need to know about pediatric cardiomyopathy and heart failure?
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