Pediatric Care
Prepare for the unique and often difficult challenges of pediatric patient assessment and treatment with our collection of expert-written columns, original video and news.
Looking to build confidence and skills in treating pediatric cardiac arrest patients? We’ve got you covered.
Formalized neonatal training, repetition and equipment can account for the low frequency but high stakes of these resuscitation scenarios
Ask the right questions, watch for symptoms that could point to bronchiolitis over pediatric asthma and treat accordingly
Six children were killed, and 26 others were injured after a school bus veered into a canal
Paramedics were called because Ohio police suspected the intoxicated mom might have also been having a diabetic emergency
A police officer and his wife helped stabilize the boy’s head and neck while waiting for paramedics to arrive
A Texas boy and two friends were running after disturbing a wasp nest to avoid being stung
The boy survived alone for a week in an old military shelter after his parents left him to teach him a lesson
The EMT used a pipe wrench to break a window in the car to gain access to the boy, who was sweat and going in and out of consciousness
An off-duty firefighter has been credited with keeping the child alive and getting quick medical help to the others
A special zoo response team shot and killed a gorilla, that grabbed and dragged the boy after he fell into the gorilla exhibit moat
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Paramedics say two of the children have serious but non-life-threatening injuries
The eighth-grader was set to graduate from middle school this week
A 35-year-old man and his two children, ages 7 and 1, died instantly of blunt-force trauma
Crews applied a tourniquet at the top of the 12-year-old boy’s right thigh in order to stop the bleeding en route
The teacher said he started to feel numbness in his hand before falling to the floor
Learn the signs and symptoms for this significant pediatric airway and ventilation emergency
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The children’s mother found them in their bedroom and she attempted CPR
Both were taken to the hospital, where the toddler was pronounced dead; the woman is in critical condition
The law will help reduce the time it takes to get the critical medication to a person having an anaphylactic reaction
Most injuries studied were mild, but all concussions are potentially serious and researchers say the trend raises public health and safety concerns
The woman died at a hospital; the children, ages 13, 8 and 7, and the driver of one of the vehicles were hospitalized
A third girl who also was on the ride had hooked her arms on a safety bar and was not ejected.
Sophia Smith made a full recovery and is back home with her family, who thanked the responders for playing an integral part in her survival
How did you do? Make sure to share your results and challenge your EMS colleagues to match or beat your score
Jeffrey Ballard’s 8-year-old daughter, who suffers from asthma, stopped breathing and became unconscious in the car
The child, who was sitting in the back seat, picked up a gun that slid out from under the driver’s seat and fired it through the front seat
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