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.
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The dad and Army sergeant was killed at the scene of the emergency landing and his 9-year-old daughter died in the hospital after they were hit by debris
His parents tracked down the medics who saved him from a near-fatal anaphylactic attack and invited them to his birthday bash
Children ages 4, 7 and 12 were among the victims; murder-suicide is being investigated
Thirty-one of those sickened were children; a pool pump that restarted released chemicals into the water
Her training came into play when she realized the 911 call was from her husband; the couple’s baby boy had swallowed a metal washer
Because the dispatcher insisted on an address, the father wasn’t sure if an ambulance was coming; he left by the time one arrived
One was airlifted with a severe head injury; the mother driving failed a sobriety test and they were on top of the car to keep the interior dry
The children were hospitalized and are in stable condition; they were injured while participating in a Civil War re-enactment
The Labrador-golden retriever mix can predict when 7th grader Rachel is going to have a seizure, and has become such a staple at the school that he’s pictured in the yearbook next to his owner
Medics took the children, both under 2, to the hospital with head injuries; they are in critical condition
All three responders said that they immediately fell back on their training, which helped ensure a safe delivery even if the circumstances weren’t ideal
Only about six in 100,000 children suffer strokes, but his mother immediately recognized the signs and called 911
The boys, ages 9 and 12, allegedly put rat poison in her water bottle; she was treated and is recovering
When Memphis paramedics arrived they determined the child could not move his arms or legs
The baby girls were born holding hands and are doing well; monoamniotic births occur about one in every 10,000 pregnancies
A four-month-old baby girl died of respiratory arrest after agents held up the ambulance for 30 minutes in search for drugs that were never found
The most seriously hurt was the driver, who had to be cut from the bus and pulled through the windshield before he was taken to a hospital
He paid attention when firefighters and EMTs visited his preschool, and knew to wake up his parents and siblings when he heard the fire alarm
Firefighters were screaming for EMS; an ambulance wasn’t dispatched after the working fire was confirmed
Ten-year-old girls shouldn’t wear the same expression as their mothers on the way to the hospital
He was hit by a line drive at batting practice; coaches performed CPR until paramedics arrived, but he died at the hospital
Police say the estranged husband was cleaning out the garage when he made the grisly discovery
A paramedic scooped up the toddler and ran to an ambulance during the horrific scene; he died of a gunshot wound to the chest
She her baby were among the few pulled from the rubble alive: “I held onto that baby like it was the only purpose that I had,” she said. “I did not let that baby go for one second”
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