Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Medical Errors Waiting to Happen

The Notorious VBG

Guess or Process? Abductive Clinical Reasoning: a PEM Primer

List or Gist? Inductive Clinical Reasoning: a PEM Primer

Harpoon or Hook? Deductive Clinical Reasoning: a PEM Primer

Knee Pain

Anaphylaxis

Strep Throat

Concussion

EKG Killers: Part Two

EKG Killers: Part One

Hypertension in Children

The Fussy Infant

This episode of the Pediatric Emergency Playbook, hosted by Tim Horachko, focuses on the approach to seemingly well but fussy infants in the emergency department. It emphasizes slowing down, trusting observational skills, and avoiding quick dismissals, as these infants can present with serious underlying conditions. Th...

Airway Master Moves

Ovarian Torsion

Just Say No To (These) Drugs

Blunt Head Trauma

Managing minor blunt head trauma in children requires balancing the immediate risk of missing a clinically important traumatic brain injury against the long-term dangers of ionizing radiation from CT scans. The PECARN study offers evidence-based prediction rules to guide these decisions, emphasizing that imaging is oft...

The Higher Tech Kid in the ED

Vaccine Preventable Illness Part Two

The Pediatric Surgical Abdomen

This podcast episode focuses on abdominal pain in pediatric patients, emphasizing the importance of identifying surgical emergencies. The host, Tim Horachko, outlines key "mantras" for assessing abdominal issues in neonates, infants, and older children, highlighting conditions like necrotizing enterocolitis, malrotatio...