Based at the University Hospitals of Leicester, we serve the educational needs of healthcare practitioners in Acute & Emergency Medicine across the East Midlands, UK
We simulated with ED clinicians & blood transfusion technicians to share tips and improve step-by-step communication when activating the MHP
17-year-old female presents with abdominal pain, unaware that she is pregnant, and unexpectedly goes into labour!
12-month-old boy is rushed into the PED unresponsive in his mother’s arms. He was last seen playing with some toys in the living room…
18-month-old boy is brought in with a two-day history of vomiting and being off form. His mother becomes stressed and leaves during the assessment.
2-week-old child with cough and coryzal symptoms for two days is brought into PED looking pale with significantly increased work of breathing.
After a year focussed heavily on COVID-19 we wanted to give our trainees the opportunity to get their heads above water and see what else is going on in paediatric emergency medicine
Bronchiolitis is a viral respiratory tract infection affecting the lower airways in children up to 2 years old (and more commonly in those less than 12 months old)
Our ever-creative PEM registrars came up with some teaching cards using medicolegal and patient outcomes to highlight the implication that mismanaged minors cases can have on the children we see.
After the success of our original Cards Against Paediatric Orthopaedics series we’ve decided to add some more cases, but in two new editions… Upper AND Lower cases!
A collection of regional video presentations given at our recent virtual PEM study day on all things paediatric minor injury-related!
