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
Serum sodium and the risk of cerebral oedema in DKA
Safety netting for bronchiolitis
Pull the Other One: Which Fractures Should PEM Physicians Reduce?
On Grief
Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders
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Take part in the paediatric sepsis survey and help decide the top research priorities to improve care and outcomes for children worldwide.
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.
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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WATCH ON YOUTUBE
Doing a paediatric cannula is no easy task.
Positioning the patient well can make all the difference to your success.
Here I share how I I position my paediatric patients to give it my by best chance of success for the procedure.
We were relatively lucky in paediatrics in the UK. During the COVID pandemic flow in our Emergency Departments was not a huge issue. With the upcoming predicted respiratory surge, it is likely that we will find our EDs full, potentially also with a full hospital and PICU.
It’s therefore important to start planning for the consequences of this now.
Thanks to Damian Roland for helping put this together with Tessa Davis for DFTB in collaboration with Health Education England, Respiratory Surge in Children programme (https://tinyurl.com/respsurge).
Burns are common in children, and the best way to allow them to heal well and be more comfortable, is to deroof them. Becky Platt tells us how.
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
MUST READ
Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders
Developmental screening in Aboriginal and Torres Strait children
How long should we treat children with pneumonia for? – the results of CAP-IT
Everything you wanted to know about vaginal discharges
High Flow Help
Pull the Other One: Which Fractures Should PEM Physicians Reduce?
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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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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