Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Congenital Heart Disease: Cases

Congenital Heart Disease: Plumbing & Air for the Emergency Physician

Precipitous Delivery

This episode of the Pediatric Emergency Playbook focuses on precipitous deliveries and immediate care in the emergency department. The host uses the analogy of the grasshopper and the ants to emphasize the importance of being prepared. The episode covers the stages of labor, essential steps for managing postpartum hemo...

From the Ashes of SIRS: The Phoenix Sepsis Score

Torticollis

Resuscitative Umbilical Vein Catheterization

Update 2023

Neonatal Resuscitation

This episode of the Pediatric Emergency Playbook, hosted by Tim Horachko, delves into the eighth edition of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) from the American Academy of Pediatrics, providing strategy and support through clinical cases, research and reviews, and best practice guidance. The episode covers the no...

Stridor, Stertor, and Noisy Breathing

Brief, Huddle, and Debrief in the PED

Fontanelle Facts

A bulging fontanelle in infants requires immediate clinical evaluation to rule out serious intracranial pathology. Proper assessment begins by examining the child in an upright position to ensure the finding is not gravity-dependent. While fontanelles serve critical roles in cranial development and birth, a persistent ...

Wound Care at Home

The Abdominal Exam in Children

Performing an effective pediatric abdominal examination requires tailoring techniques to the child's developmental stage while maintaining clinical objectivity. Rather than relying on direct questioning, which often yields unreliable responses, clinicians should prioritize observation and age-specific engagement. Newbo...

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Push-Dose Epi

Environmental Injuries in Children

PEM Myths

Palms and Soles

The Febrile Infant

This episode of the Pediatric Emergency Playbook, hosted by Tim Horeckio, focuses on the evaluation and management of well-appearing febrile infants aged 8 to 60 days, based on the American Academy of Pediatrics' clinical policy. Tim discusses the changes in bacteriology and technology that have led to improvements in ...

Animal Bites in Children