Episode 74: Child Abuse in the Pediatric Emergency Department, How Can We Make Things Better?
Release Date: 11/06/2023
Episode: 115: Clinical Care Tips: Fever, Triage and Best Way To Learn (And Teach)
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What is fever? and do we always have to treat it? how much attendant should the triage level get and what can we do to learn (and teach) better?
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Episode 114: Family Medicine Physician Practicing PEM
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What happens when you are a "general practitioner" but are passionate about Emergency Medicine or PEM. Listen to Dr. Allen Herman's story on practicing Emergency Medicine despite completing his training in Family Medicine.
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Episode 113: The Challenge of Teaching PEM to EM Residents with Dr. Steven Nazario
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Though teaching is something I love doing, sometimes teaching PEM to an ED resident is challenging (for many reasons). Dr. Steven Nazario has been a physician and an educator for many years which is why I invited him on the show to talk about the challenges of teaching PEM to EM residents. Here is the link to the Video Stephen was referring to. The EKG Changes of hyperkalemia. Please consider contributing to PEM Rules at https://ko-fi.com/pemrules And check out Copyright PEM Rules LLC DISCLAIMER By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use these resources as...
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Episode: 112: Best way to Examine a Newborn and Keeping Things Simple
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Newborns are small and examining them the “right way” does not take much and is worth doing, and why it is important (and helpful) to look at Pediatric Emergency Medicine as Simple.
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Episode 111: Primary Care Practice In The ED. What To Do (or Not) and How To Reassure Those Very Worried Parents.
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The further away I am from my general pediatric training the more I forget how to manage chronic complaints and “primary care like” presentations. That is why I brought Dr. Noah Makovsky again to help us (PEM clinicians) do a better job with those patients.
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Episode 110: Enemas, Making Decisions and What to Do After Intubations
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Sometimes enemas are not just for treatment only. Why is it important to keep making decision and not dwell and contemplate for too long and what is the best thing to do after intubations.
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Episode 109: PEM Hero- An Inspiring Story From a Peds Hospitalist (Who Is Also a PEM physician)
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We all meet some people in our life that inspire us to do better. For me Dr. Ellen Fitzpatrick is one of those people. Listen to her truly amazing life story.
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Episode 108: Clinical Care Tips – Consulting with Parents, Avoiding Some Tests and (Not) Trying To Make Everyone Happy
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Why is it useful to sometimes “consult” with your patient’s parents. What tests you should really never do and why cant we just make everyone happy
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Episode 107: My List of I Never Want to Miss It with Dr. Jay Fisher - Intussusception
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In this new segment of PEM Rules Dr. Jay Fisher, who has been practicing PEM since 1992 is back to discuss intussusception and how can we all do a better job identifying those children among the sea of children with constipation.
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Episode 106: Ophthalmological Emergencies and Some Other Eye Problems We See (No Pun Intended )
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With the exception of corneal abrasions and conjunctivitis, ophthalmological presentations always make me a bit nervous. That is why I invited Dr. Mitchell Strominger to talk about some common ophthalmological emergencies. Please consider contributing to PEM Rules at https://ko-fi.com/pemrules And check out Copyright PEM Rules LLC DISCLAIMER By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use these resources as medical advice to treat any medical conditions in either yourself or others, including, but not limited to, patients that you are treating. Consult your own...
info_outlineAs a PEM Physician, child abuse, sexual abuse and child neglect cases are those cases I never want to miss or overlook. That is often easier said than done. This is a discussion I had with Dr. Stephen Boos, a child abuse doctor in Western MA.