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
How often do we see well appearing infants with a fever?
Serum sodium and the risk of cerebral oedema in DKA
How does serum sodium impact the risk of cerebral oedema in DKA?
Safety netting for bronchiolitis
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?
Most of us love reducing a fracture, putting on a beautiful plaster…
But just how good are we in the ED?
On Grief
Some children, you never forget…
Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders
The prevalence of eating disorders is increasing.
LISTEN UP
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.
DFTB’s Neonatal course covers key neonatal emergency presentations and is aimed at clinicians who see babies acutely (in hospital or in primary care). You will receive lifetime access to all the recorded on demand content.
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.
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
Children commonly receive antibiotics for chest infections. Unfortunately our diagnostics tools aren’t great at discriminating between bacterial and viral infections. The CAP-IT study was recently published which looked at the question of how long we should be treating for, and what dose of amoxicillin to use.
When you design your slides for presentations, do you think about how to make them accessible for your audience? We have a responsibility to make sure our audience can read, understand, and focus on the message we are trying to convey, Here are Tessa’s top 5 tips to make your slides accessible.
Some days I truly believe I am THE BEST paediatric cannulator. Then I miss one. Suddenly I’m in a spiral where I think I can’t do the procedure, and I psyche myself out of success. Here’s how Tessa tries to stop that cycle of negative thinking after procedural failure.
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
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
Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders
The prevalence of eating disorders is increasing.
Developmental screening in Aboriginal and Torres Strait children
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
Let’s look at the results of CAP-IT
Everything you wanted to know about vaginal discharges
How much do you know about what is going on down there?
High Flow Help
Should we be using high flow in bronchiolitis?
Pull the Other One: Which Fractures Should PEM Physicians Reduce?
Most of us love reducing a fracture, putting on a beautiful plaster…
But just how good are we in the ED?
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.
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.
Sign up below to receive yours.
Watch on Youtube
Children commonly receive antibiotics for chest infections. Unfortunately our diagnostics tools aren’t great at discriminating between bacterial and viral infections. The CAP-IT study was recently published which looked at the question of how long we should be treating for, and what dose of amoxicillin to use.
When you design your slides for presentations, do you think about how to make them accessible for your audience? We have a responsibility to make sure our audience can read, understand, and focus on the message we are trying to convey, Here are Tessa’s top 5 tips to make your slides accessible.
