This week, London experienced the type of incident some would say we have been anxiously dreading, having watched our European neighbours in Paris, Berlin and Nice suffer similar senseless violence in recent months. A vague unease that ‘something might happen here’ suddenly became realised, the picture pulled into focus as an anticipated nebulous threat materialised into a set of concrete events. Five people (at the … Continue reading Minor musings on a Major Incident
With coughs and sneezes aplenty in the paediatric emergency department (and that’s just the staff) it’s high time for a winter PEM FOAMed review:
This piece of writing has one thing in common with its subject matter – it doesn’t really belong where it’s ended up. It has no direct relevance to paediatric emergency medicine, so if you are here as a doctor please forget that for a moment and continue to read as a human, for it has every relevance in this respect. I am not a martyr … Continue reading On refugees, in crisis
Toddlers are a distinct species within paediatrics. Take the stubbornness of a goat, the morals of a used-car salesman, the dexterity of a plastic surgeon and the temperament of Bruce Banner – and you end up with what is basically a tiny, intellectually challenged ninja, with the capacity to do alarmingly stupid things with incredible speed and skill.
Headaches are such a common acute paediatric presentation – most are thankfully benign, but how do you make sure you don’t miss something more sinister?
This post is based on a talk I went to recently by HeadSmart – a charity focused on raising awareness of symptoms of brain tumours in children. The following points are adapted from their guide for doctors…
It’s been way too long since my last post (sorry!) – so let’s jump right in. Loads of great resources for your perusal:
Continue reading “PEM Review 019 – ANAPHYLAXIS // FGM // METABOLIC // INTUBATION // FRACTURES”
Here’s your PEM pick n’ mix for this week:
Continue reading “PEM Review 015 – ECZEMA // SVT // COMMUNICATION // ECG // NICOTINE TOX // VIRUSES”
A quick reference table I created recently for a blog on burns management – you can find the full post on http://www.ponderingEM.com Continue reading Classifying Burns
