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  • SBA

Collapsed Neonate

A neonate that suddenly collapses leaves us all with dread.
  • Podcast

December 2025

This month we have High MAP targets in sepsis | Guidelines for EM - Top of the Guidelines | Antibiotics for max fax fractures | New Online.
  • Reference

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
  • Blog

Maggie Simpson’s Second Audition – Prolonged Jaundice

Prolonged jaundice persists for 14 days in a baby born at term (37 weeks or more gestation), or to 21 days in a pre-term baby born before 37 weeks gestation.
  • PEM Induction

Neonatal Jaundice – PEM Induction

It's a common card to pick up in some paeds EDs - the yellow newborn. But whilst this can be an 'easy' one, such tiny babies can strike fear into the hearts of some!
  • Blog

Looking like Maggie Simpson – Neonatal Jaundice

It's a common card to pick up in some paeds EDs - the yellow newborn. But whilst this can be an 'easy' one, such tiny babies can strike fear into the hearts of some!
  • Clinical Case

Jaundice in a Newborn

A neonate presents to the emergency department with significant jaundice.
  • SAQ

The Blue Baby

A 21-day-old term baby presents to your emergency department in respiratory distress and appears dusky blue.
  • SAQ

The Shocked Neonate – SAQ

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.
  • SBA

The Shocked Neonate

Unwell neonate with an umbilical hernia
  • Podcast

November 2024

This month we have an ASC Megamix 2024.
  • Blog

Metabolic Babies in the ED.. Easy As 1.. 2.. 3

Inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) are disorders of chemical pathways. These diseases led to dangerous deficiencies or excesses of chemicals.
  • Clinical Case

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.
  • Blog

Cardiac Arrest in the Pregnant Patient

Cardiac arrest in pregnancy is a potential presentation to the emergency department. If it happens, you are likely to be cognitively overloaded.
  • Blog

Recognising Paediatric Sepsis

Early recognition and treatment of sepsis in children is crucial as progression to organ failure and shock is often very rapid.
  • Blog

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.
  • Clinical Case

What’s wrong with my baby?

A 3-day-old baby girl is brought to the emergency department by her distressed mother with complaints about the baby's shivering and lethargy.
  • Learning Session

Patient in Labour

Whilst managing labour and birth in the ED is an uncommon occurrence, there are many reasons why a mother may present to the ED when in labour.
  • Reference

Patient in Labour

Whilst managing labour and birth in the ED is an uncommon occurrence, there are many reasons why a mother may present to the ED when in labour.
  • Blog

Crying Infants

Crying babies are frequently brought to the ED because the child cries so much that the parents believe there must be something physically wrong. whilst we’re waiting for AI to be developed to help with translation of the cries, having some idea of potential causes is useful.
  • PEM Induction

When Weight Loss isn’t a good thing: Neonates in the ED – Growth & Feeding – PEM Induction

One of the most common reasons for newborns to be sent in to the ED for assessment is weight loss
  • PEM Induction

The Unwell Neonate and Infant – PEM Induction

The neonatal period (<28 days of age) and young infancy (< 3months ) is the most common time for presentation of congenital conditions and the highest susceptibility for infection.
  • Clinical Case

Getting to the Heart of the Matter

A neonate is brought to your Emergency Department in a shocked state
  • Learning Session

Neonatal Nuggets Part 2: tummy troubles

This session will cover common tummy troubles with particular reference to evidence-based management of colic and gastro-oesophageal reflux.
  • Reference

Neonatal Nuggets Part 2: tummy troubles

This session will explore common neonatal presentations that could be safely discharged from the ED without necessarily involving the on-call paediatric team.
  • Reference

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
  • Learning Session

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)
  • Clinical Case

A Classic Case!

A 30-day-old ex-36/40 twin, male infant attends the ED with his mother due to concern regarding vomiting of 4 days duration
  • Blog

The Unwell Neonate and Infant

This blog is an overview of how to approach an unwell infant. It covers diagnoses not to be missed, how to spot them and a few tips about management.

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