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.
You were asked to respond third unit in to a multiple vehicle collision and mass casualty for an 8-year-old female with abdominal pain; did you make the right decisions?
You are asked to respond as the third unit to arrive at a vehicle collision
A systematic and well-orchestrated approach to pediatric patients with built-in safety checks is the first step in providing safer care and improved outcomes
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
Paramedics arrived to a call in July to a baby having trouble breathing, who later died in the hospital
It is unclear how the incident occurred; she is remains in the burn unit
Three others were also severely injured in the factory explosion
A 16-year-old girl is among the injured
The mother found the 19-month-old girl hanging unconscious in her bedroom
Mower driver became so choked with grief that his fiancee called for 2 ambulances
The 2-year-old who fell into a wild dog habitat did not die from the fall, rather bleeding to death after the mauling
Th mother was trying to give her son a better view of the animals when he fell into the exhibit
Caitlin Connelly saved the day when little Lennon decided to make his sudden arrival