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.
Anesthesiologists compare mask ventilation adequacy with endotracheal intubation and laryngeal mask airway for pediatric patients
The family of a teen who died after an esophageal intubation has started the ‘Do It For Drew’ foundation to prevent another tragic death
You were asked to respond to the nurse’s office at the high school for a patient with lacerations up both forearms; did you make the right decision?
Check out the runners-up for EMS Week Contest finalists!
Some suffered concussions, few had broken bones, others had bumps and bruises
Fountain was turned off, summer sun’s heat turned access doors into a hazard
Mother began CPR after son suffered a heart attack, called 911
Goal is to be ‘minimally disruptive to the community’
Passengers injured on way to summer camp
Packets carry full cup’s worth of detergent in bite-size form
Despite CPR, 19-month-old boy remained in critical condition after being found by mother
Foul play was suspected because the boy had suspicious injuries
Father did not realize his daughter was behind him when he changed riding mower into reverse while mowing yard
After frantic ambulance search to find missing pieces, surgeons disinfected fingertips, reattached them
Girls were reportedly conscious, had fallen asleep while suntanning
Some of same paramedics who helped revive Isaac Arzate in January rushed back, tried again to save him
16-month-old boy had nearly drowned in his family’s backyard koi pond when quick-thinking cop began CPR
4-year-old was allegedly attacked while playing with neighbor’s kittens
Accident was so terrible that grief counselors were called to scene
Ambulance technicians arrived 15 minutes later, clamped baby’s umbilical cord and allowed dad to cut it
Sophie Tezsla and Jonathan Zdybel, both 11 years old, have been upgraded from critical to stable condition
A comprehensive examination of epinephrine and its prehospital uses, administration routes, doses and pharmacology
Arielle Starks died at Advocate Trinity Hospital after an ambulance carrying her to the hospital collided with a car
The gruesome injury was covered with a towel and was even difficult for some firefighters to view
Ryan Anderson, 24, failed to negotiate corner, crashed into barbed-wire fence, trees; passenger in stable condition at hospital
The school nurse and a teacher performed CPR on the boy before applying the AED
11-year-old boy was being pulled out by strong current when father, son nearby tried to rescue him on their Boogie boards
Driver had lost control of the car as he tried to brake while heading northbound in slippery conditions
The first step in reducing concussions is appreciating the risks
What sense does it make to only practice on easy manikins, when it’s the toughest patients that get you into trouble?
Profits from Thanksgiving Day fundraiser to go to Children’s Hospital, Ronald McDonald House, which aided boy with Guillian-Barré syndrome
Sixty-two children and two adults were crowded into the bus, which had just nine seats