Welcome to DFTB
We have always been passionate about providing the best possible care for all children. What started out as a little project for four has grown to something so much bigger. Now, we want to share all our little bubbles of knowledge with you. With content covering everything you need on your road to mastery we’ll make you just that little bit more awesome.
So, what do you want to learn about today?
MUST READ
Well appearing febrile infants
Dennis Ren
September 21, 2021
How often do we see well appearing infants with a fever?
Serum sodium and the risk of cerebral oedema in DKA
Rhiannon McBay
September 15, 2021
How does serum sodium impact the risk of cerebral oedema in DKA?
Safety netting for bronchiolitis
Henry Goldstein
August 5, 2021
Which patients with bronchiolitis can you send home? Which are safe to be discharged? Time to deploy the safety net.
Pull the Other One: Which Fractures Should PEM Physicians Reduce?
Micheál Sheehan
September 30, 2021
Most of us love reducing a fracture, putting on a beautiful plaster…
But just how good are we in the ED?
Managing a busy emergency department
Tessa Davis
August 5, 2021
How are you going to manage when things start to get busy?
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DFTB’s Sedation Course shines a spotlight on paediatric procedural sedation in the emergency department.
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Come and join us for a morning of learning from experienced sedationists.
Update your knowledge in paediatric emergency medicine to best serve your patients with this newly developed course delivered by Queen Mary University of London, in collaboration with DFTB.
It has been such a long time but we are back, and face to face. Book your leave for August 28th-31st and come to Brisbane for workshops and wonders, for science and stories, for feelings and friendships – refreshed.
SKIN DEEP
We have a huge role in improving the lives of children all over the world. For far too long the majority of paediatric images online have been of children with lighter skin tones. We started the Skin Deep project to improve the diversity of paediatric images online, to help fellow clinicians and, more importantly, to help our patients.




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Parents often worry about their newborn baby’s poo. Families commonly come to the Emergency Department to check – it is really hard as a new parent to know what is normal and what is not. Here are the 3 most common worries that parents have about newborn poo, and 3 things as clinicians that we need to make sure we check for.
Genograms are a brilliant way of conveying complex information about a family in simple terms. The skill of being able to draw a genogram is one you need to make sure you have. Here are Tessa’s 7 top tips on how to draw a genogram.
Over the last 2 years some of us have been plunged into the world of Microsoft Teams (whether we like it or not). Most of us don’t know how to make the most of it, and instead of loving it…we hate Teams. Here are 10 Teams features that you need to know about.
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Welcome to DFTB
We have always been passionate about providing the best possible care for all children. What started out as a little project for four has grown to something so much bigger. Now, we want to share all our little bubbles of knowledge with you. With content covering everything you need on your road to mastery we’ll make you just that little bit more awesome.
So, what do you want to learn about today?
Listen Up
DFTB’s Sedation Course shines a spotlight on paediatric procedural sedation in the emergency department.
Â
Come and join us for a morning of learning from experienced sedationists.
Update your knowledge in paediatric emergency medicine to best serve your patients with this newly developed course delivered by Queen Mary University of London, in collaboration with DFTB.
MUST READ
Developmental screening in Aboriginal and Torres Strait children
Jessica Wong, Laura Clarke
November 11, 2021
Let’s get on TRAK with the development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants…
How long should we treat children with pneumonia for? – the results of CAP-IT
Nat Clarke, Tessa Davis
November 3, 2021
Let’s look at the results of CAP-IT
Everything you wanted to know about vaginal discharges
Tara George
October 26, 2021
How much do you know about what is going on down there?
Pull the Other One: Which Fractures Should PEM Physicians Reduce?
Micheál Sheehan
September 30, 2021
Most of us love reducing a fracture, putting on a beautiful plaster…
But just how good are we in the ED?
Intubation of the critically unwell child in the emergency department
Vicki Currie
September 23, 2021
Remember to resuscitate before you intubate
SKIN DEEP
We have a huge role in improving the lives of children all over the world. For far too long the majority of paediatric images online have been of children with lighter skin tones. We started the Skin Deep project to improve the diversity of paediatric images online, to help fellow clinicians and, more importantly, to help our patients.




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Next
BUBBLE UP
Our weekly Bubble Up newsletter helps healthcare professionals solve the challenges we face in managing time, work, family life, and stress by sharing ideas, life hacks, and experiences.
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Watch on Youtube
Parents often worry about their newborn baby’s poo. Families commonly come to the Emergency Department to check – it is really hard as a new parent to know what is normal and what is not. Here are the 3 most common worries that parents have about newborn poo, and 3 things as clinicians that we need to make sure we check for.
Genograms are a brilliant way of conveying complex information about a family in simple terms. The skill of being able to draw a genogram is one you need to make sure you have. Here are Tessa’s 7 top tips on how to draw a genogram.