A 6 year old boy with a background of sickle cell disease presents to the emergency department with two days of worsening right hip pain and unable to weight bear…
Fascia Iliaca Block
Understand the nerves blocked by the fascia iliaca block and its indications including pain relief for fractured neck of femur patients…
I’ve Got Your Back
4 year old child unable to weight bear, and inconsolable crying…
Lure of a red herring
A teenage boy presents with a painful scrotum then remembers a traumatic incident…
FRCEM Primary Paper 1
FRCEM Primary Examination Single Best Answer…
Minor Injuries
It’s safe to say you will likely see a few of these, as minor injuries are a very common occurrence in childhood with around 20-30% of all paediatric attendances to the Emergency Department invo…
PEM Starter pack book
We are pleased to announce our PEM Starter Pack with 12 blogs rolled into one handy iBook…
A teste-ing ED Shift
You are about to see two patients. Both of whom have testicular pain…
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?…
Paediatric Analgesia in the ED
Master Paediatric Analgesia in the ED…
Paediatric Wound Management
In the past, paediatric lacerations that required sutures often required admission and a general anaesthetic for wound closure…