Medical Music Mondays: No X-Ray Today (Bronchiolitis!)
It's a new wave of information! RSV causes bronchiolitis. OK, so it's not new. We can make a clinical diagnosis, and X-Rays are not necessary for most children with Bronchiolitis.
Medical Music Mondays: Something’s BRUE-ing Here
It used to be ALTE but now it's BRUE. Brief Resolved Unexplained Event. It is a better name after all. And it makes for better puns... and songs.
Medical Music Mondays: Turn the Heart Rate Down
Converting SVT is super fun. Vagal maneuvers are like little interactive games that make heart rates slow down and stuff. Also disco music wasn’t that bad.
Podcast: Cervical Spine Injuries & Imaging in Children
Cervical Spine Injuries are fortunately rare in children. this episode is all about learning when to suspect them, how to immobilize the C-spine properly, and which imaging test to choose. It was inspired by a hot-off-the-presses publication from the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) focused on clinical decision rules for cervical spine imaging in children.
Medical Music Mondays: Batteries Down the Hatch
Swallowing button batteries is a dumb idea. It can melt your esophagus and stuff. Endoscopy is the way to remove them. But if you have a long delay there are sucralfate protocols. But just don’t swallow them in the first place.
Medical Music Mondays: Asthma Status
What if a boy band from the year 2000 wrote a song about he management of status asthmaticus and then someone made a video and then posted that video to a Pediatric Emergency Medicine blog. You'd think that would be pretty silly right?
Medical Music Mondays: Tick, Tick, Boom!
Lyme disease has 3 stages. I have a hard time remembering them. Perhaps some pop punk will help? Learn about Early, Early disseminated, and Late Lyme. And remember, It's Doxycycline Time!
Racemic Epinephrine is on a national shortage in the United States (May 2024)
Racepinephrine (Racemic epinephrine) is used for croup patients who have stridor at rest and post extubation stridor. It is currently on national shortage and many facilities have a very limited supply of the nebules on hand. In times of shortage, intravenous EPINEPHRINE 1 mg/mL can be utilized as a nebulized solution in place of racepinephrine using the dosing of 0.5 mg/kg to a max of 5 mg. Doses that result in a volume of less than 3 mL should have normal saline added to the nebulizer to make a minimum volume of 3 mL.
Medical Music Mondays: A Nursemaid’s Lullaby
I write the lyrics AI writes the Music - you get educational material? Welcome to Medical Music Mondays on PEMBlog and via my YouTube Channel.
Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures
Febrile Seizures are among the most common neurological problema in young children, occurring in 1 out of 50 children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years of age. This episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast is a Question and Answer style exploration [...]