August 2012 PDF digest
Follow @paedspearls Tweet August’s PDF only has 4 text boxes but with lots of information crammed into them and extra on the blog. A great looking PDF on poisoning in children from one of our...
View ArticleMinor injuries introduction
Follow @paedspearls Tweet Minor injuries Series: Episode 1 with thanks to Dr Jessica Spedding, PEM trainee, Royal London Hospital, UK Introduction to minor injuries: Minor injuries in children are...
View ArticleMinor injuries part 2
Follow @paedspearls Tweet With thanks to Dr Jess Spedding for the continuation of her minor injuries series…. Minor Injuries Series, part 2: The Elbow Xray and Supracondylar fracture: The elbow xray...
View ArticleJanuary 2013 – Happy New Year!
Follow @paedspearls Tweet I was a bit overloaded in December and couldn’t manage to get a newsletter out. The nurses in my own ED noticed but I don’t think anyone else was particularly bothered! Hope...
View ArticleWrist injuries
Follow @paedspearls Tweet Episode 4 and 5 of Jess Spedding’s minor injuries series are on the wrist. Like in adults, the wrist is a very common location for injury. As an impulse to falling we stretch...
View ArticleApril/May 2013
Follow @paedspearls Tweet April wasn’t quite long enough this year for me to get the newsletter out in time – or something like that anyway. With thanks to Stephen Flanagan of the London PHE for his...
View ArticleJune 2013 ready to go!
Follow @paedspearls Tweet Lots of things to talk about this month. Reminder of what Koplik spots look like, good e-learning on human trafficking, a link to the new primary care guidelines page, night...
View ArticleJuly 2013 PDF
Follow @paedspearls Tweet Neglect and emotional abuse is the safeguarding topic this month. ED advice on the management of minor head injuries, a report from BPSU in hypocalcaemic fits secondary to...
View ArticlePotted background, assessment and management of vitamin D deficiency
Follow @paedspearls Tweet Vitamin D deficiency in children with thanks to Dr Jini Haldar, paediatric registrar at Whipps Cross University Hospital. Introduction Vitamin D is an essential nutrient...
View ArticleFebruary’s newsletter 2018
Follow @paedspearls Tweet What constitutes sexualised behaviour in a 4 year old? This and the childhood asthma control test, this month, toddler fractures and the PCV vaccine. Do leave comments...
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