Clinical Case 19: If it barks like a seal, is it a seal?
Winter in any paediatric ED means – flu season, bronchs, croups, URTI etc etc. It can be tough to pick the true sick kid out...
Kid’s coconuts and CTs
Blunt head injury in kids is one of the commonest presentations that we see in ED. In my experience, the rate of serious brain injury...
To Breech, or not to Breech. That is sometimes the question…
This story is stolen from my big Dutch mate: It is 6 AM, you get a call from the labour ward from the night midwife. ...
From Death we Learn – RCA Audit outcomes
The Royal College of Anaesthetists in the UK has released its 4th National Audit – looking into the root causes of airway disasters. It is...
Clinical Case 004 – Post-op PEEP++
This case happened today and I think it is in my top 3 ventilation challenges ever! 19 yo man, fit and well, thin. Acute appendicitis,...