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Highlights from the Virtual Colloquium – 14th Annual Update in Paediatric Emergencies Day 2

This post follows my notes from Day 1 of the Virtual Colloquium – 14th Annual Update in Paediatric Emergencies. Day 2 was another mixed bag of talks, from paediatric analgesia and sedation, to the philosophy of ARDS (yes, really) and then toxicology. Read on for more thoughts and recollections. Greta Palmer – Paediatric Pain Management in ED Paeds pain management is an interest area of mine; in…

JC: Enter Sandman – Which Agent as Second Line in Paediatric Status Epilepticus?

I first heard about the EcLiPSE trial into second-line agents for paediatric status epilepticus back in 2012 when the proposed trial protocol was presented at the APEM meeting in Bristol, UK:

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It wasn’t long…

#badEMfest18 Day 3. St Emlyn’s

After a very relaxing Friday evening with live music, fireside chats and a wine tasting (from the wine farm of Lee Wallis, no less!), Saturday kicked off with workshops bright and early.

Morning Workshops

Critical Care and retrieval medicine

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I was honoured to be asked to join my colleagues Cliff and Brianfrom Sydney HEMS in partnering with some…

Journal Club – Trauma CT in Paediatric Patients

I have a confession to make – I once requested a whole body CT (WBCT) in a paediatric patient.

[Yes, yes, I know!]

To be fair, we didn’t know he was a paediatric patient at the time (although he was obviously young, there is considerable variability in body habitus in peri-pubertal males that can make it very difficult to determine) and owing to his very unusual and…

#badEMFest18 Day 2. St Emlyn’s.

Day 2 of #badEMFest18 started with sun and beauty. Some lunatics went off for a run in the morning…..

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Day two formally kicked off with a series of workshops. Based around the camp these took on a relaxed and interactive style. We all slept well in the glamping field and began with a fabulous (and very large) breakfast.

Feedback workshop.

#StEmlynsLIVE: October 9th 2018.

We are delighted to announce that #StEmlynsLIVE is happening this October in Manchester. It’s a one day conference built around the 4-pillars of St Emlyn’s: Evidence, Clinical Excellence, Philosophy and Well-being. The underlying theme of this conference is that we want you to go away from the day with a long list of things that really matter, that make a difference to you as clinicians and…

JC: Pain Scales in the Paediatric ED

I will confess a geeky interest in paediatric pain management (I’ve spoken and written about it before at St Emlyns), so when I spotted this paper published online ahead of print a few months ago I flagged it for a closer look. When I finally got around to diving into the article properly I was a little surprised by what I read there – but don’t take my word for it, head on over to the EMJ1 and…

JC: The Quick-Wee Method for Faster Clean Catch Urine Collection

The wilful nature of children is responsible for a lot of the facial expressions we see in the paediatric emergency department but few parents are as frustrated as those waiting… and waiting… and waiting for the short-lived, poorly-timed, inevitable fountain or dribble of urine they are expected to catch in a sterile pot or bowl for the exclusion of urinary tract infection as a cause of their…