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.
Waveform capnography can be used to detect respiratory and circulatory compromise from anaphylaxis in children and to guide treatment
Your patient is short of breath and his blood appears very abnormal
Review the signs, symptoms and significant 12-Lead ECG findings for Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Check out footage of some amazing rescues and saves from the past 12 months
The examiner said the youngsters that were killed were shot between three and 11 times
The little boy is now on morphine because bandage changing is so painful
Two students were injured; paramedics arrived within four minutes of the incident
The boy did not have a “walk” status on his crosswalk sign
It is believed Sophie Firth was leaning over a gas fire when it lit her dress on fire
Mya Whittington, only 7-months-old swallowed a feather from a pillow
In a televised interview, the girl appeared healthy at a different medical facility, but it has not been identified
The man is believed to have used a box cutter to carve the symbol
While in labor, the doctor decided she should be airlifted to another facility
Charlie Falcus suffered serious head trauma but is back at school a month later
The new trend comes in response to widespread malnutrition in the area
The experimental treatment involves giving the patient a disabled form of AIDS to reprogram the immune system
With the help of zookeepers, the woman was able to safely have her baby girl
A rare condition caused the boy’s heart to stop at school
The boys found a gun in their parent’s bedroom
The baby was born prematurely and was to remain in the Neonatal ICU
An 11-year-old girl with leukemia was taken from the hospital by her parents for unknown reasons
She was trying to feed the dolphin when it surfaced and bit her arm
The firefighter was so touched by the children he met during treatment that he started the charity campaign.
The boys, 7 and 10, were foaming at the mouth and hallucinating
The boy’s family was initially told that he was being pulled Medi-Cal
Numbers suggest that 30 US kids are treated for bounce house related injuries every day
Police forced their way into the car and took the boy to the hospital as a precaution
Specialized pediatric kits help to keep pediatric equipment all together in one location
A male student is now in custody, but the motive is unknown
The bus driver, who was the only person on the bus, was not hurt
A 12-year-old boy was left unconscious when his head smashed through the window of his mom’s car
Nickolas Coke was born with a condition known as anencephaly
Current AHA guidelines recommend medication doses based on weight, but the tape seemed to accurately guess weight of the sample size just nearly half the time