Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Vaccine Preventable Illness Part One

MI in Children

Neonatal Jaundice

This podcast episode of "The Playbook" with host Tim Horechko focuses on neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, or jaundice, a common condition in newborns. The episode begins with the story of David, a child with developmental delays due to complications from untreated jaundice. Tim explains the different types of jaundice, how...

Foreign Bodies in the Head and Neck

In this episode of the Pediatric Emergency Playbook, Tim Horeczko discusses the approach to foreign bodies in the head and neck of pediatric patients. He covers common objects, techniques for calming children during removal procedures, and specific strategies for the ear, nose, and throat. For the ear, he emphasizes th...

Supraglottic Airways

Urine Trouble

Pediatric Pain

Bronchiolitis

Pediatric Elbow Injuries

GI Bleeding in Children

Pediatric Headache: Some Relief for All

Subcutaneous Rehydration

Please STOP LIMPING!

In this monologue podcast, Tim Horeczko discusses the differential diagnosis of acute limp or refusal to walk in young children, using the mnemonic "STOP LIMPING" to cover various potential causes such as septic arthritis, toddler's fracture, osteomyelitis, Perthes disease, limb length discrepancy, inflammatory conditi...

Approach to Shock

Altered Mental Status in Children

In this episode of the Pediatric Emergency Playbook, Tim Horeczko discusses altered mental status in children, emphasizing the importance of a broad differential diagnosis and avoiding anchoring bias. He presents two case studies: a toddler who ingested a clonidine patch and a child with influenza-induced encephalopath...

Big Labs, Little People

Multisystem Trauma in Children, Part Two: Massive Transfusion, Trauma Imaging, and Resuscitative Pearls

Multisystem Trauma in Children, Part One: Airway, Chest Tubes, and Resuscitative Thoracotomy

Vomiting in the Young Child: Nothing or Nightmare

In this episode of Pediatric Emergency Playbook, Dr. Tim Horeczko discusses the critical causes of vomiting in young children, focusing on neonates, infants, and toddlers. He emphasizes the importance of differentiating vomiting from regurgitation and highlights malrotation with midgut volvulus as a dire condition in n...

Electrical Injuries: Hertz So Bad