Looking forward to Paediatric Emergencies 2024 tomorrow. Join us from 08:20 UK time. Make sure to go directly to YouTube youtube.com/live/eWuXeD2QQ… not the Paediatric Emergencies website. No fee or registration required. CPD certificates available. Recording available afterwards.

⭐ The ILCOR has published its latest Consensus on Science with Treatment Recommendations (CoSTR), outlining vital updates in resuscitation science and post-cardiac arrest care. See our website for the full media release: 👉 ilcor.org/news/ilcor-con… #ILCOR #Resuscitation #Science

Accuracy of Screening Tests for the Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections in Young Children publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art…

Blacktown Hospital’s Police Ambulance and Clinical Early Response team has made significant strides in handling mental health emergencies, with Clinician Joseph Varghese being awarded by the Blacktown Police Department. 🏆 Read more on The Pulse thepulse.org.au/2024/11/19/bla…

New RCEM 🚨SAFETY FLASH🚨 on ⚠️Water Beads & Bowel Obstruction. Please download, share and print out in your hospitals to raise awareness. View it in full with hyperlinks: tinyurl.com/rcemSFWaterBea… See our other Safety Flashes here: tinyurl.com/SFRCEM

Theory of Mind issues mean that explaining the same thing repeatedly i.e. “Let me look at your hand” …won’t help because their framework for understanding differs from yours. Need to is emphasise the importance of linking actions to logic dontforgetthebubbles.com/communic8-eigh…

This was a tough one. 40000 abstracts screened. Limited evidence for the use of calcium for Hyperkalaemia Pharmacological Interventions for the Acute Treatment of Hyperkalaemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis - Resuscitation resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-… Lars W Andersen

In response to an article about consent for anaesthesia in children we have undertaken an analysis of PAEDIATRIC PERIOPERATIVE MORTALITY in NAP7 This gives up to date data for (all cause) perioperative mortality Really low for older children Low for infants High for neonates

I make no apologies for repeating myself: No-one gives a damn until it's your loved one on a trolley. Shock. Shame. Demoralised. Broken. Undignified. 300+ excess deaths a week. And we shrug. Until it's *your* loved one on a trolley. #NHSCollapse bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Perhaps a ‘thank you’ would have made a difference, from the life guards too I saved a stranger’s life at the beach. I’m not sure I’d do it again smh.com.au/national/i-sav…

The NSW mental health system is in crisis under the Minns Labor Government. But for Queensland, “never let a crisis go to waste” as they now start to poach our state’s staff psychiatrists - with ads in today’s The Sydney Morning Herald and The Daily Telegraph

Time to replace ‘No trace, wrong place’ with ‘Sustained exhaled carbon dioxide. authors.elsevier.com/a/1kUpV1dCDurIJ

This is a beautiful piece of writing about a tragic event and a powerful testimony of learning and courage in the face of uncertainty. Knowing the right thing to say to parents and caregivers in these situations can be an impossible challenge. I suspect I still get it wrong.

Short infographic on the potential impact of the FIDO study What are your preconceptions on managing febrile infants? youtu.be/IxLFHYtZaGA?fe… Paper: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

BMJ finds inaccuracies in key studies for AstraZeneca’s blockbuster heart drug ticagrelor. Investigation finds evidence of serious misreporting, raising fresh doubts over the approval and decade long use of ticagrelor bmj.com/content/389/bm…

If you think AI is the answer to healthcare, you probably don’t work in healthcare. Well ok, maybe you work in healthcare but not the part where our patients are. ‘Diagnosis is easy. Disposition is war.’ Well said Dr. Rick Pescatore.

Please share this episode of 'Asthma with Experts'. Professor Francine Ducharme shares her practical approach to this challenging task of diagnosing asthma in children under 5.   See: Spotify: bit.ly/3IPfaXT Apple: apple.co/4o9ACHh ginasthma.org/gina-podcasts/

Avoiding unrecognised oesophageal intubation The Russ Carney of America & Difficult Airway Society (DAS) have agreed to drop ‘no trace wrong place’ The message now is that we need to exclude oesophageal intubation by identifying SUSTAINED EXHALED CO2 This requires 4 elements -CO2 rises & falls with respiration

Any one know what the test is?

New JAMA Network publication the PECARN febrile infant rule identified all infants with bacterial meningitis. 📊 1,537 infants 🦠 4.5% with invasive bacterial infections 🧠 0.7% with bacterial meningitis 🔍 NPV: 99.4% 🤔 Somewhere between 400 and infinity LPs needed to find 1