Article 999: Refresh, support, advance UK public health literacy & Paramedics (and similar roles).

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  • Remember the Red Book

    Remember the Red Book

    Reference:

    Newell, S.J. And Darling, 2014. J.C. Paediatrics: Lecture Notes, Ninth Edition, John Wiley & Sons: West Sussex

  • 15 Percent of 7 Year Olds ‘Have Eczema, Asthma or Hay Fever’

    15 Percent of 7 Year Olds ‘Have Eczema, Asthma or Hay Fever’

    Reference:

    Newell, S.J. And Darling, 2014. J.C. Paediatrics: Lecture Notes, Ninth Edition, John Wiley & Sons: West Sussex

  • We interrupt these licensed images posts with…

    We interrupt these licensed images posts with…

    Article 999, being a website designed to provide reasonably trustworthy answers to paramedic/EMT questions, along with fast facts and a soon to be launched video library, normally abides by the academic, very legal, I’m-spending-far-too-much-a-month-on-good-design-and-royalty-free-photos, but not today. Today, we bring you an incredibly useful alternative to the Wong-Baker FACES pain scale (Wong-Baker Faces, 2016), the ‘highly unofficial LEGO Pain Assessment Chart’ by Life of Dad (Moles, 2014).

    Perhaps otherwise known as a gentle criticism to the Wong-Baker (2016) scale, I thought Article 999’s image collection would go amiss without this attractive alternative:

    https://www.lifeofdad.com/more-proof-that-everything-is-better-with-lego/

     

    If you want to find this scale on the go, simply type in Article 999’s search box, FACES, pain scale, or Lego. Go ahead, try it*

     

    *Obviously not endorsed by any organisation. The image’s usefulness is judged by this paramedic alone.

     

    References

    Moles, Jason (2014) More Proof that Everything is Better with Lego, Available Online: https://www.lifeofdad.com/more-proof-that-everything-is-better-with-lego/ (Accessed 09/09/2017)

    Wong-Baker FACES (2016) Wong-Baker FACES Foundation, Available Online: http://wongbakerfaces.org/ (Accessed 09/09/2017)

  • By 5 Years Old 7 Percent of Children Have Had a Seizure

    By 5 Years Old 7 Percent of Children Have Had a Seizure

    Reference:

    Newell, S.J. And Darling, 2014. J.C. Paediatrics: Lecture Notes, Ninth Edition, John Wiley & Sons: West Sussex

  • Choking Doesn’t Always Happen Instantly After Putting Something in Your Mouth

    Choking Doesn’t Always Happen Instantly After Putting Something in Your Mouth

    Reference:

    Newell, S.J. And Darling, 2014. J.C. Paediatrics: Lecture Notes, Ninth Edition, John Wiley & Sons: West Sussex

  • No SOB, No DIB, But It Is Still Pneumonia

    No SOB, No DIB, But It Is Still Pneumonia

    Reference:

    Newell, S.J. And Darling, 2014. J.C. Paediatrics: Lecture Notes, Ninth Edition, John Wiley & Sons: West Sussex

  • The NEWS Score

    The NEWS Score

    news score

    Shaw, J. et al. 2017. ‘Can the prehospital National Early Warning Score identify patients most at risk from subsequent deterioration?’ Emergency Medical Journal, 34: 533-537

  • Be wary of the quiet child

    Be wary of the quiet child

    While this is very important, Brugha et al (2013) also warn that the child who isn’t quiet ‘may be distressed as a result of pain’ (Brugha et al, 2013: 16).

     

    Reference

    Brugha, R. et al, 2013. Paediatric Clinical Examination, London: JP Medical Ltd.

  • What red flags need to be looked out for in a child?

    What red flags need to be looked out for in a child?

     

    Reference

    Bruga, R. et al. 2013. Paediatric Clinical Examination, London: JP Medical Ltd

  • Fare Warning: The Decompensating Child

    Fare Warning: The Decompensating Child

    ‘Children are able to maintain their blood pressure through physiological compensation mechanisms in the early phases of serious illness, and the early signs of illness may be quite subtle. […] Once a child decompensates, he or she can collapse extremely quickly’ (Brugha et al, 2013: 11).

    Reference:

    Brugha, R. et al (2013) Paediatric Clinical Examination, London: JP Medical Ltd