Based at the University Hospitals of Leicester, we serve the educational needs of healthcare practitioners in Acute & Emergency Medicine across the East Midlands, UK
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The ‘Cards Against…’ medical education series is back for 2020. This time we’re tackling tricky teaching topics based on paediatric ECGs!
Neonatal jaundice refers to the yellow colouration of the skin and the sclera caused by the accumulation of bilirubin. Jaundice in the first 24 hours should always be considered pathological.
Excessive crying is defined as >3 hours/day for >3 days/week. Whilst most scenarios are benign and require no tests, parent fears must be heard.
Back by popular demand we continue our card game series with a focus on paediatric dermatology!
Blast your way through a zombie sepsis apocalypse armed with nothing but your quick clinical wits (and maybe the occasional rocket launcher!)
Whilst TAPVD is rare (8 in 100,000 live births) it is an important cause of cyanotic congenital heart disease. In A&E consider it in cases of collapsed cyanotic neonates and infants with mild cyanosis.
What started as an unexpected delivery in the Adult A&E ended with a reflection on how the most important patient we have to take care of is the one staring back in the mirror.
This week we have been testing four of our recently released Resus Drills to see how well each works in practice and what we learned from staff feedback.
The assessment of an infant’s feeding is arguably one of the most important cornerstones of paediatric practice.
Red call: "15 minutes. 21-day-old baby with bronchiolitis." Distraught dad: “He’s not been feeding. Why are his lips blue?”
