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Article Summaries
What’s The Evidence On BVM Sizes & Tidal Volume?
Are they too big, too small, or just right? Can we use paediatric BVMs for adults?
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Breathing
Intercostal Recession in Children
Image with a quote about intercostal recession in children over 5.
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Fast Facts
Children are more likely to arrest due to a lack of oxygen or hypotension than a cardiac cause
Smith, G. 2015. Prevention of cardiac arrest and decisions about CPR, Available Online: https://www.resus.org.uk/resuscitation-guidelines/prevention-of-cardiac-arrest-and-decisions-about-cpr/#decisions (Accessed 02/05/2018)
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CPD
15 Percent of 7 Year Olds ‘Have Eczema, Asthma or Hay Fever’
Another set of Fast Facts, this time from Newell & Darling (2014) about paediatrics at 7 years old. Useful 'nice…
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Today, we bring you an incredibly useful alternative to the Wong-Baker FACES pain scale (Wong-Baker Faces, 2016), the 'highly unofficial…
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ECA
By 5 Years Old 7 Percent of Children Have Had a Seizure
This post is a fast fact on some of the health experiences your patients may have had by the time…
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CPD
Choking Doesn’t Always Happen Instantly After Putting Something in Your Mouth
Depending on where an object settles, the patient might have symptoms instantly or days after foreign body inhalation. A croupy…
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ECA
No SOB, No DIB, But It Is Still Pneumonia
Sometimes, children might present with pyrexia and symptoms that don't suggest they have a chest infection. Don't rule out pneumonia…
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ECA
Be wary of the quiet child
Remember that the quiet child is often the child who is unwell.
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