Almost forgot today was Wednesday. Was definitely a Wacky Wednesday. I haven't been writing much these past few days, but this is what I can offer. This scene happens to Quatre and Duo at the nurses station, after Duo finds out the hard way that Quatre, who he just met, is allergic to peanut butter. This is from Chapter 13 of PAP (I would have posted my work from Chapter 14, but there is literally only one small paragraph lol). As per usual, good luck, this has not been edited, revised, proof read or beta'd. You have been warned ;)

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What are you doing?” We heard an angry voice from the doorway, which had as both jumping in surprise.

“He's allergic to peanut butter.” I stated dumbly, as if the view before her should have given her enough details to figure it out.

“We don't serve peanut butter here because of allergies.” She said, of course piecing together the part that I didn't want her to. “Which means you two were in the kitchen.” She rose her nose at us in disdain. “You will both see punishment for this.” She only then spotted the epipen in my hand loosely. “And Father Maxwell can find out a way to replace that!” Her voice began to shudder with anger. “Both of you, get out of here now before I beat you.”

I quickly helped pull Quatre to his feet, and we both rushed past the nun. We headed towards Quatre’s room in silence.

“Here,” He said, handing me the sandwiches we had left on his bed. “I do not think I should hang onto them.” He continued with a light chuckle.

I nodded mutely, and turned to leave, unsure of what else to do. I felt shaken by the entire scenario.

“Excuse me, Duo.” Quatre called lightly, as I began stepping out of his bedroom. I turned my head slightly, scared to lay eyes on his still swollen face, “Thank you. You saved my life.” He said honestly.

Finished! It's over 5,000 words. I didn't think I would make it that long, but things flowed really well when I actually got the opportunity to sit down and type it up. Also, enter Quatre! I find that Quatre is typically the first one Duo meets in an AU story I write. It's odd, as seeing he's my least favorite pilot, but it happens damn near every time lol.

#smaccMINI – Paediatric Resuscitation Update at #smaccDUB

  ILCOR published resuscitation updates in 2015 and I’m sure many of you have already familiarised yourselves with the changes. At smaccMINI I took the paediatric critical care workshop delegates through a whirlwind review of the major changes to paediatric resuscitation and a slightly more leisurely review of what to do when neonates appear with little or no warning :)

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JC: Don’t Write off the Respiratory Rate – Part Two

So, now we know what to do with an unexplained abnormal respiratory rate in a baby – but how do we know what constitutes an abnormal respiratory rate? That’s the question behind the second paper from a team of Australian researchers which appeared in Archives of Disease in Childhood last month. Click the image below or here to access a PDF of the paper (open access).

What Kind of Study Was This?

JC: Don’t Write off the Respiratory Rate – Part One

Two really interesting PEM-relevant papers appeared online first in Archives of Disease in Childhood in July – and happy days, both are FOAM!

What’s great about these papers is how they compliment each other in thinking about paediatric respiratory rates. You’ll often hear respiratory rate reported as the forgotten vital sign, its significance overlooked.

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