Medical Music Mondays: Terror of the Night
Night terrors are super scary. And the kid doesn't even remember them! They're more like sleep walking than nightmares and parents are often worried that it's a seizure or something more serious.
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in the Emergency Department: A podcast and blog post
This post endeavors to answer some key questions that we face in the Emergency Department when it comes to caring for adolescents with sexual and reproductive health concerns. It was inspired by a recent publication from the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) Adolescent Sexual Health Working Group.
Today is National Drowning Prevention Day
Today is National Drowning Prevention Day. The AAP has a free toolkit that I've linked to in this post.
Briefs: Baby you’re a firework!
The grammatical (in)correctness of the title aside, the 4th of July is marked by the use of fireworks by amateurs across the US. Fortunately the number of injuries had declined in recent years - until a spike was seen in 2011, when according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 9,600 fireworks-related injuries were treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms. One quarter [...]
