Make your own fluorescein dropper
Arts and crafts time in the Emergency Department! Learn how to make your own fluorescein dropper so you won't stab a kid in the eye with an errant fluorescein strip.
Check out this podcast on Anaphylaxis
pemplaybook.org/podcast/anaphylaxis-in-children/ The always reliable PEM Playbook brings you its monthly educational offering.
Fracture Fridays: NSAIDs for patients with fractures – Do they delay healing?
Do NSAIDs delay bone healing following fractures? Learn more about this important question in this edition of Fracture Fridays.
Read this! Urinalysis characteristics in febrile UTIs
Let's explore the accuracy of urinalysis for urinary tract infections in febrile infants 60 days and younger shall we?
Fracture Fridays: BBFF
How much angulation can we tolerate without needing to reduce fractures of the radius and ulna? Find out in this edition of Fracture Fridays.
LETEMLALMX (Re-post)
There are multiple topical anesthetics that we use in the ED. The common theme is that all of these drugs with -caine cause sodium channel inhibition in nerves, which blocks axonal transmission leading to the typical numbness and and localized weakness. I admit that it can be a bit confusing as to which one you should use and when. The aim of this post is therefore to help provide some clarity.
No new posts this week
No new posts this week as I enjoy some downtime with the family.
Don’t wear ear buds to listen to this podcast if you have otitis externa
Warning - swimming pool related puns ahead...
Briefs: Scabies
This post will not make you itchy. Hopefully. Most patients you will see with scabies will present with a pruritic rash of an uncertain etiology. The way that this rash manifests differs depending on the age of the child, and in general, because treatment is benign you should have a low threshold to treat if you think it might possibly, [...]
A podcast on heat exhaustion and heat stroke
With the record temperatures outside now is as good a time as any to revisit this episode of PEM Currents.
