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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?
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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?
Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders
Owen Hibberd, Kat Priddis
September 29, 2022
The prevalence of eating disorders is increasing.
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We’re excited to announce DFTB23 will be held in Adelaide, SA from 28-30th August.
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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 Digital is the home of our online medical courses. Designed to provide you with further training, each course has been tailored and written by our expert team.
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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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Fever is one of the most common presentations to ED. But there’s a difference between thinking a child is hot, and that child actually having a temperature. Here’s how to make sure you’re doing it right!
Spacers are used for all children who use inhalers. But do you know how to use them properly?
Here’s everything you need to know.
Getting a cannula into your paediatric patient is one thing, but it actually needs to stay in.
Here are my top tips on how to secure your paediatric cannula so that once it’s in, it stays in.
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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
We’re excited to announce DFTB23 will be held in Adelaide, SA from 28-30th August.
Â
First Tier Full Registration Now Open!
Â
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
Owen Hibberd, Kat Priddis
September 29, 2022
The prevalence of eating disorders is increasing.
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?
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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Fever is one of the most common presentations to ED. But there’s a difference between thinking a child is hot, and that child actually having a temperature. Here’s how to make sure you’re doing it right!
Spacers are used for all children who use inhalers. But do you know how to use them properly?
Here’s everything you need to know.