This episode will help you better prepare for and manage children with inborn errors of metabolism in the Emergency Department. Consider it a supplement to what you remember from Biochemistry and the instructions on the family's laminated care plan sheet. My special guest podcaster, Emily Groopman, is an actual Pediatric Geneticist in training and we hope that you will find this episode useful.
Newborn infants need intramuscular injections of Vitamin K in order to produce critical clotting factors. If they don't get it they can have potentially life threatening bleeding. This is a podcast episode that reviews Vitamin K Deficient Bleeding AKA Hemorrhagic disease of the newborn. @PEMTweets on... sigh "X" (Twitter) My Instagram My Mastodon account @bradsobo Listen http://www.pemcincinnati.com/podcasts Subscribe References American [...]
This episode will help you recognize cellulitis and even differentiate it from erysipelas which is totally a different thing. You'll also learn about treatment, whether or not a blood culture is necessary, and a whole lot more. @PEMTweets on... sigh "X" (Twitter) My Instagram My Mastodon account @bradsobo Listen http://www.pemcincinnati.com/podcasts Subscribe References Chen AE, Carroll KC, Diener-West M, Ross T, [...]
Henoch–Schönlein Purpura (HSP) is a common vasculitis seen in younger children. The classic skin finding is palpable purpura in gravity dependent areas of the body (buttocks and legs). Children can also have arthralgias, abdominal pain and intussusception, and even nephritis. Learn about the diagnosis and management of Henoch–Schönlein Purpura (HSP) in this brief podcast episode.
It is summertime, so the bees and bugs are out! In this episode, Dr. Ben Grebber, a pediatric resident at Boston Children's Hospital/Tufts Children's Hospital, discusses Bee Stings and Spider Bites. A very common pediatric summer complaint in emergency departments, urgent cares, and primary care offices, this episode covers common signs and symptoms, some pathophysiology, and recommended treatments.
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. This podcast episode hosted by Brad Sobolewski (@PEMTweets) and co-authored by Dennis Ren (@DennisRenMD) is all about what we should consider when boarding children in the ED for mental health reasons. [...]
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.
When we think of managing agitated patients we think of medicines – but that shouldn’t be our first option. However, medications can be adjuncts to non-pharmacologic means to help keep agitated children safe from harm. This podcast episode is all about age-appropriate pharmacologic management strategies for agitated children.
I recorded this episode of the Cincinnati Children's podcast Young & Healthy with Hannah Carron, one of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine at our institution. It provides succinct recommendations on when to call 911, seek care in the Emergency Department or Urgent Care, when to ask the advice of your primary care provider, and even when virtual urgent care visits are appropriate. Hannah did a tremendous job highlighting some of the most important take home points for patients and families!
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.
