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.
Most EMS providers have witnessed or been involved with a medication error attributable to poor system design and lack of safety behaviors
Wheezes, retractions, tachypnea and altered mental status lead to a quick assessment of asthma
Learn the signs and symptoms for this significant pediatric airway and ventilation emergency
A medic had to retrieve the scalp from the kitchen floor, pack it into ice and transport it to the hospital
The meeting was prompted by the cases of two terminally ill children who are awaiting transplants
Zachary had been playing in a hot tub with other children during a party Saturday at the family’s home
Lynette Hales and her two sons, J.J. and A.J., were taken to a hospital and boys were said to be doing well
Under existing policy, all adults will be offered the lungs first, even those more stable and with less severe conditions
A variety of medical conditions and patient presentations warrant prehospital blood glucose analysis
In 2008, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital treated 33 infants at the hospital for drug dependence, known as neonatal abstinence syndrome
With a little effort and preparation, obtaining an artifact free 12-lead ECG tracing from any patient can be easy
Pronounced dead soon after arriving at St. Michael’s Hospital, Tyson Bailey became the city’s second homicide victim of the year and its first shooting fatality
The boy got the .22-caliber rifle from his home and it discharged accidently Monday evening
Investigators think that she might have pushed the door’s control button and then tried to run out of the garage
Nadine Hairston was sliding down a life-sized model of a fin whale
A neighbor saved his life by calling 911 and wrapping a T-shirt around the boy’s chest
Pediatric asthma related illness is one of the more common reasons for emergent EMS responses
The bus driver can be seen pushing a special-needs child off the bus
The parents ran frantically to the store’s cashier asking for help after discovering the girl was not breathing
In the traumatic accident, the teen lost most of the fingers on her left hand
The mother and daughter were leaving a gymnastics case and were attacked in a mall lot
Child welfare workers reportedly visited the home three weeks before the fatal incident occurred
The father reportedly violently shook the boys
The 9- and 10-year-old boys were outside playing when they heard the mother screaming for help
The child was playing in the play area and later coughed up part of the condom
The officer has pulled over the car for speeding only to find the woman starting to give birth
The dogl was unleashed and started mauling the girl in an unprovoked attack
Lawyer, 44, jumped to her death from eighth floor of New York apartment with baby in her arms
The grandmother apparently went into the bathroom to help the father after he passed out
The bus reportedly veered off the road and crashed into the side of the home causing $95,000 in damage
Johnylah Watkins was shot as her father was changing her diaper
The boy was swept out to sea as he played on the beach’s shore
Dr. Julie Williamson, a 41-year-old California pediatric anesthesiologist, described the midair delivery as “exhilarating”