Cite this article as: Hardimon, M. Autism spectrum disorder (Part 3) – Is this autism?, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.15452Charlie is sitting in the corner of your room and refuses to look or speak to you. He has no interest in you or your room. Mum wants to know…is he just naughty or…
Cite this article as: Davis, T. Facing the future: standards for children in EM settings, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16004 Today saw the launch of the new RCPCH ‘Facing the Future’ document – setting standards for paediatric emergency care in the UK. These are a set of standards that should apply to…
Cite this article as: Hardimon, M. Autism spectrum disorder (Part 2) – why is this happening to me?!, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.15447You have been referred Charlie, a 2yo boy, by his general practitioner who suspects that he has autism. He attends your room with his mother who feels helpless surrounding this…
Cite this article as: Hardimon, M. Autism spectrum disorder (part 1) – what’s in a name?, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.15442Since being first described by Dr Leo Kanner of John Hopkin’s University in 1943, the terminology used in the diagnosis and reference to autism spectrum disorder has changed multiple times making it…
Cite this article as: DFTB, T. Claire Nourse: Tuberculosis at DFTB17, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.15791This talk was recorded live on the second day at DFTB17 in Brisbane. If you missed out in 2017 then why not book your leave for 2018 now. Tickets are on sale for the pre-conference workshops as…
There is a huge difference between the practice of medicine in the big city and the rest of Australia.
Cite this article as: Tagg, A. Antibiotics for all?, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.15679Sometimes a paper is published that makes you stop dead in your tracks. In this post-truth era we are so used to reading headlines that sound too good to be true that we just skip over them. But this…
Cite this article as: DFTB, T. Jane Cocks: Communicating quality at DFTB17, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.15572 Jane Cocks is a leading expert in neonatal and paediatric retrieval and has literally wrote the book (well, a chapter anyway). As former clinical director of SAAS Medstar kids she talks about the importance of…
Cite this article as: Barnes, K. DFTB go to PEMFest18, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/pemfest18/Maybe you recognise the drill ……. you are tired, your frontline NHS job is tough, there is a list of jobs as long as your arm at home, you still need to book transport to attend this conference,…
Cite this article as: DFTB, T. Casey Parker: Terror Australis at DFTB17, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.15518Who is Casey Parker? If you googled the name prior to the inaugural SMACC in Sydney you would have thought that she was one of Panama’s leading adult stars. But now, when not playing a minor…
Scarlet fever
10 Thinks: A Message from Parents
Cite this article as: Leo, G. 10 Thinks: A Message from Parents, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16103Recently JAMA Pediatrics featured an article from their ‘On My Mind‘ section by parent caregivers of children with chronic, complex medical conditions. The authors Angela Carosella, Alexis Snyder and Erin Ward worked with researches to survey…