During a weekend shift in the Paediatric Emergency Department (PED), you are asked to assess a 4-day-old infant male triaged as neonatal jaundice.…
Do away with the Heartache – ECGs in Children
ECGs can be challenging, right? And so can children. Add the two together and..arrghh – Paediatric ECGs!!…
FRCEM Primary Paper 2
FRCEM Primary Examination Single Best Answer Three hours…
Neonatal nuggets part 1: skin rashes, jaundice, lumps and bumps
Neonates can present with normal physiology to the paediatric emergency department. Studies have suggested that 1.9% of all patients present within the first month of life…
Neonatal nuggets part 1: skin rashes, jaundice, lumps and bumps
Sick neonates with vesiculopustular rashes should be tested for HSV, candidal and Staphylococcal infections (EL3)…
PEM Starter pack book
We are pleased to announce our PEM Starter Pack with 12 blogs rolled into one handy iBook…
The Unwell Neonate and Infant
The neonatal period (…
Urinary Tract Infections in Children
This session looks at the techniques available to collect urine samples from children in an emergency department. It discusses the evidence basis and the relative merits of each technique…
RCEMLearning iBook 3
iBook 3 including ‘Looking like Maggie Simpson’ , ‘Pem and EX PREMS’, and ‘prolonged jaundice’…
Maggie Simpson’s Second Audition – Prolonged Jaundice
Prolonged jaundice is different from early jaundice as it is jaundice which persists for 14 days in a baby who was born at term (37 weeks or more gestation), or to 21 days in a pre-term baby born befo…
Paediatric heart murmurs & what to make of them
Children are often found to have heart a murmur when seen in the Emergency Department (ED), but when does a heart murmur actually mean something?…
June 2017
The new podcast for June 2017…
PEM and ex-Prems
Advances in neonatal care have resulted in more ex-prems being discharged into the community, and these fragile neonates tend to be frequent fliers…
When Weight Loss isn’t a good thing: Neonates in the ED – Growth & Feeding
One of the most common reasons for newborns to be sent in to the ED for assessment is weight loss…
The Shocked Neonate
A 22 year old lady delivers a 36 week old baby unexpectedly at home. The baby was initially pink with an Apgar of 9, and a birth weight of 7lbs…
Tiny Tot’s Ticker Flicker
A 5-week term baby is brought in by his parents with a 24-hour history of poor feeding. No fever or infective features…