We’ve all seen limping children. Maybe some of us have even had limping children. Some departments have excellent management strategies and pathways. Some don’t. Here’s some of our t…
Fascia Iliaca Block
Understand the nerves blocked by the fascia iliaca block and its indications including pain relief for fractured neck of femur patients…
Toddle On
Harry is a two-year-old boy who presents to the ED with a one day history of a limp…
Sliding Around
A child presents following a fall from a slide.…
Relieving pain in a fractured femur
A 27 year-old male cyclist presents with an isolated fractured left femur, having been hit by a car. The paramedics have given 10 mg IV morphine, entonox and splinted his leg…
Doctor, my son can’t move his arm
A preschool aged child is refusing to use an arm. There is no obvious trauma and he is otherwise well.…
Monkeying Around
A child presents following a fall from monkey bars with a sore elbow.…
Not all kids bounce
3-year-old with a head and arm injury following an accidental fall.…
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…
Pinch me, thumbs up and give me four
An eight year old girl is brought to the ED by her mother after having fallen from a climbing frame. She is inconsolable and protectively holding her left arm…
December 2016 New in EM
December 2016 New in EM…
“The Limping Child” – radiology interpretation
Radiology interpretation…
Trampoline Ankle
You are asked to review a 3 year old girl brought in crying inconsolably by her parents…
Inversion injury with a twist
An 11 year old previously well boy presented 2 days after sustaining a twisting inversion injury to his right ankle while running down hill on grassy ground…
Netball Nasties
An 11 yr old girl presents to Paediatric A&E complaining of left knee and thigh pain…
Rugby Trouble
A 15 year old boy presents to the emergency department complaining of pain over the right sternoclavicular joint and reduced movement due to pain in the right arm. He has been sent for an x-ray from t…
Pull the Other One
A 3-year-old girl fell from a table she was sitting on. Mum tried to catch her hand to stop her falling. She is now holding her arm by her side and refusing to use it…
The dangers of low slung jeans!
A 13 year old boy was brought into the ED by ambulance after falling off his BMX bike…