Most times “Sick” will hit you over the head when you see a child from across the room or as you stand in the doorway. Other times it is less obvious and a good way to determine if the child is ill and how ill is to compare your assessment findings to normal. Activity: What […]
Tag: Pediatric Assessment
Dr. Mike Pitt, a magician and a pediatrician, was the guest on a December 2009 episode of the EMSEduCast podcast. He discussed how he uses magic to put pediatric patients and their parents at ease during assessment and care. His tips and ideas were fantastic. He also told us about his month-long trip to Tanzania […]
I have been working on a CE article about Febrile Seizures (look for it in an upcoming issue of EMS magazine). During my research for the article I found this video at ParamedicTV.com. Paramedic and educator, Bob Waddell, talks to Kris Kaull about assessing and treating Febrile Seizure patients. Also, I am looking for links […]
Instead of talking about EMS and emergency medicine during episode 9 I was doing emergency medicine. My son smashed his chin into the pool deck during swimming lessons and I was at the urgent care with him as he got stitches while Jim flew solo for episode 9 of the EMS office hours podcast. I […]
This is a guest post by Michael Fraley. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. This post in the 31 Days of CE series comes from paramedic and EMS educator Michael Fraley. Michael writes: The prevention of thermal burn injuries in children has come a long way. A recent […]
Everyday EMS Tips readers often tell me pediatric patients are the most challenging to assess and treat. This is often a function of inexperience and nervousness. Also a crying child (or even a worse a silent child) will raise anyone’s anxiety level. Recently Dr. Mike Pitt, aka Magic Mike, was the featured guest on the […]