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
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”
The teacher had brought in a vial of her own blood for the children to look at
The boy was attacked by two of the dogs; another woman was also injured
50 teddy bears were donated and put in more than 30 emergency vehicles
The ambulance is larger and is described as a “virtual intensive care room on wheels”
The boy had suffered a concussion, broken nose and ohter injuries
The mother and her two baby girls are okay and are recovering in the hospital
The little girl has an enlarged heart and will eventually require a heart transplant
The 11-year-old girl is the fourth to die after her father and two of her three sisters were also killed
The students suffered itchy skin and other skin irritations
A girl who just learned about static electricity may have accidentally sparked the blaze
The girl wrapped her sister in a blanket to keep warm overnight after their mother was killed in the accident
Frigid air may have preserved infant’s brain function
It’s not known what role, if any, hypothermia played in the case
The odds of that occurring is one in 70 million
She was placed in a luggage carrier and pulled by her neighbors
The woman was just outside a mall when her water broke
The five-year-old died after falling into an icy pond
A government-funded analysis has found that more research is needed for treatment and medications
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Christian Bale spoke with the boy about his favorite superhero Batman
The temperature was no warmer than 15 degrees