Cite this article as: Davis, T. SonoKids Pneumonia, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2014. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.6310This week’s vodcast is a great new series by SonoKids. Kasia Hampton gives us a crash course in diagnosing pneumonia using ultrasonography. In this vodcast that is less than ten minutes long, Kasia covers all the basics. It starts with an…
Cite this article as: Davis, T. Do corneal abrasions cause crying in neonates?, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2014. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.6272Crying babies are a common presentation, and our list of differential diagnosis includes: viral and bacterial infections; fractures; hair tourniquets; intussusception; subdural haematomas; supraventricular tachycardia; and corneal abrasions. This study looks at the prevalence of corneal…
Cite this article as: Davis, T. Overdosing paracetamol, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2014. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.6268This week saw an alert from the Therapeutic Goods Administration about measuring doses using the syringe provided with the Panadol Colourfree Suspension for 1-5 year olds. The syringe provided with the medicine measures differently from most other syringe known to…
Cite this article as: Yamamoto, L. How can we rule out epiglottitis?, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2014. Available at: https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/rule-out-epiglottitis/A 2 year old boy is brought to the emergency department at 2:30 a.m. complaining of throat pain, not drinking, drooling, difficulty swallowing, coughing, nasal congestion, and fever.
Cite this article as: Tagg, A. Postnatal depression, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2014. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.6092Six week old Sasha has been brought to your emergency department because she won’t stop crying. As the nurses handover her chart they catch your eye, “This is the third time her mum has brought her in. There’s nothing wrong…
Cite this article as: Davis, T. Ketamine dosing in obese adolescents, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2014. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.6051Whilst ketamine is widely used in children of all ages, previous studies (Green et al, 2009) have shown that adverse events associated with ketamine are more common in adolescents (including airway adverse events and vomiting). Additionally, there…
Cite this article as: Yamamoto, L. Spitting the dummy, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2014. Available at: https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/spitting-the-dummy/A 4 month old male infant is brought to the emergency department by a fire and rescue squad after responding to a 911 call for respiratory distress. He was sucking on a pacifier when his caretakers noticed that he…
Cite this article as: Tagg, A. SIDS…and kids, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2014. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.5994It’s been a tough week at work. A 6 month old girl has been brought into your department. To all intents and purposes she appears dead on arrival and despite the best efforts of the nursing and medical staff you were…
Cite this article as: Davis, T. Paediatric Pain Control, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2014. Available at: https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/podcast-week-paediatric-pain-control/This week’s recommendation is a podcast from the SGEM who have brought us yet another ace paediatric podcast. Anthony Crocco analyses two papers. The first looks at the use of topical analgesia when using glue for repairing lacerations. The second looks…
Cite this article as: Davis, T. Ibuprofen versus Paracetamol, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2014. Available at: https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/podcast-week-ibuprofen-v-paracetamol/This week’s recommendation is a podcast from Brad Sobolewski at PEM Currents. This podcast is a nice, short (12 minute) summary of the differences between ibuprofen and paracetamol. Ok, so he calls it acetaminophen, but we will let that pass. Is one…
Cite this article as: Yamamoto, L. Dark red stools – could it be another intussusception?, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2014. Available at: https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/dark-red-stools-another-intussusception/A 7-month old male infant arrived in the ED at 7:45 a.m. after passing a dark maroon colored stool with clots at 7:00 a.m. He has passed small amounts of blood in his…
Button Batteries
Cite this article as: Davis, T. Button Batteries, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2014. Available at: https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/podcast-week-button-batteries/This week’s Podcast of the Week is from our favourite UK PEM team, St Emlyn’s. In this excellent 15 minutes podcast, Simon Carley and Natalie May discuss the dangers of button batteries. We have all been hearing in the new…