EduWars: Sticky Eyes in Kids at the EMEC
St.Emlyn's - Meducation in Virchester #FOAMed Sticky eyes in kids… Dead easy to treat, right? Well… Maybe not. This post is a little different from the usual posts you’ll find on St Emlyn’s. It...
View ArticleJC: Getting Chilly Quickly 4. Doing It For The Kids
St.Emlyn's - Meducation in Virchester #FOAMed We have looked at therapeutic hypothermia not once, not twice, but three times already here at St Emlyn’s; most of our ED consultants also work, at least...
View ArticleJC: Gadgets and Gizmos for gaining IV access in kids. St.Emlyn’s
St.Emlyn's - Meducation in Virchester #FOAMed If you have heard the St.Emlyn’s team talk about innovation then you will know that we have a healthy scepticism for technology. Technology is great of...
View ArticlePEM Review – PEMLit at #IAEM15
St.Emlyn's - Meducation in Virchester #FOAMed This week I was honoured to present a “blast talk” at the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine Conference in Cork. I love the idea of blast talks –...
View ArticlePaediatric Pain and Sedation – Tips to Change Your Practice from #EuSEM15
St.Emlyn's - Meducation in Virchester #FOAMed Flicking through the tracks at EuSEM15 you might notice that there are several presentations – including mine – devoted to the management of pain and...
View ArticleApparent Life Threatening Events in Babies – Trouble BRUEing
St.Emlyn's - Meducation in Virchester #FOAMed Whenever I start to think about teaching on a paediatric subject, I feel like I should open with a reminder that being a parent is HARD. It’s REALLY HARD....
View ArticleThinking the Unthinkable: Child Protection in the Emergency Department
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed That people in a position of trust could intentionally injure, abuse or neglect children is almost unthinkable but it is a reality in the day-to-day practice of...
View ArticleYou Snooze, You Lose? #smaccUS The Child with Altered Consciousness
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed As a part of the #smaccMINI workshop back in Chicago in 2015, I spoke about the approach to the child with an altered conscious level. The podcast is below along...
View ArticleCritically Ill in PED – the Patient Perspective at #smaccMINI #smaccDUB
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed One of my favourite sections of the #smaccMINI workshop at #smaccDUB last year was when my Paediatric ED colleague Roisin McNamara from Dublin and I got the...
View ArticleJC: The Quick-Wee Method for Faster Clean Catch Urine Collection
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed The wilful nature of children is responsible for a lot of the facial expressions we see in the paediatric emergency department but few parents are as frustrated...
View ArticleJC: Pain Scales in the Paediatric ED
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed I will confess a geeky interest in paediatric pain management (I’ve spoken and written about it before at St Emlyns), so when I spotted this paper published...
View Article#StEmlynsLIVE: October 9th 2018.
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed If you’ve already decided to come just click this link to book your place 🙂 We are delighted to announce that #StEmlynsLIVE is happening this October in...
View Article#badEMFest18 Day 2. St Emlyn’s.
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Day two of #badEMFest18 started with sun and beauty. Some lunatics went off for a run in the morning….. #BADEMFest18 pic.twitter.com/BS3SQHVlWd — Brian Burns...
View ArticleJournal Club – Trauma CT in Paediatric Patients
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed I have a confession to make – I once requested a whole body CT (WBCT) in a paediatric patient. [Yes, yes, I know!] To be fair, we didn’t know he was a paediatric...
View Article#badEMfest18 Day 3. St Emlyn’s
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed After a very relaxing Friday evening with live music, fireside chats and a wine tasting (from the wine farm of Lee Wallis, no less!), Saturday kicked off with...
View ArticleMicro Machines: Sick Neonates at #RATH2018
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Micro Machines – Sick Neonates at #RATH2018 If there’s one area in paediatric emergency medicine that seems to scare people more than any other, it’s neonates....
View ArticleJC: Enter Sandman – Which Agent as Second Line in Paediatric Status Epilepticus?
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Appraisal and reflections on the recently published ConSEPT and EcLiPSE trials - what do they mean for the treatment of paediatric status epilepticus? The post...
View ArticleJC: Pain Scales in the Paediatric ED
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed I will confess a geeky interest in paediatric pain management (I’ve spoken and written about it before at St Emlyns), so when I spotted this paper published...
View Article#StEmlynsLIVE: October 9th 2018.
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed If you’ve already decided to come just click this link to book your place 🙂 We are delighted to announce that #StEmlynsLIVE is happening this October in...
View ArticleHighlights from the Virtual Colloquium – 14th Annual Update in Paediatric...
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed This post follows my notes from Day 1 of the Virtual Colloquium – 14th Annual Update in Paediatric Emergencies. Day 2 was another mixed bag of talks, from...
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