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Category: Nice to know

What is Negative Pressure Breathing?

Negative pressure breathing is how we breathe normally, without the aid of bag-valve-masks or mechanical ventilators. This article describes the process and begins a series on breathing and ventilator mechanics.

UK Teenage Pregnancy Rates

A useful 'nice to know' fast fact. Something to bear in mind during reflection on, or even during the history taking of teenage patients?

Remember the Red Book

The Red Book is a useful document to take to hospital with a child and their parent(s) (Newell & Darling, 2014: 9).