Hospitals are scary places for children, with the emergency department probably representing the darkest chasm of despair. Emergency clinicians have a special responsibility to guide our patients safely and humanely through this environment. As outlined in the post on pediatric pain management, we have many options available to control pain […]
Pediatrics
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I have ranted previously about my concern that sucrose, despite its widespread use in pediatrics, is not actually a pain medication. I repeated that rant this week as part of the SMACCmini pre-conference day. However, it is always frustrating when people point out problems without offering solutions. This blog post […]
It’s time for another edition of the articles of the month. I didn’t come across as many papers worth sharing as I usually do, but there are still a few gems in there. The good news is it is a quick read. Once again, I will be discussing these papers […]
Another month and another edition of the articles of the month. However, this time I have some very exciting news. I have teamed up with Casey Parker (the brilliant, smooth-talking Australian physician, not the adult film star) to produce an audio version of these summaries. You will be able to […]
