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Introductions are in order....

Welcome to PEM ED Podcast.  Pediatric Emergency Medicine; an Educational and Directional Podcast for the general emergency medicine provider.  I hope you find this podcast informative and practice...

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Undifferentiated Hypotension and the Modified RUSH Exam

This is my simplistic take on hypotension (ie. shock) in pediatric patients.  All you need is an ultrasound, fluids and a basic understanding of the physiology.   iTunes Link Undifferentiated...

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Fever of Unknown Source - Part 1

Just in time for the winter season.....Have you seen a bunch of snot-nose kids with fever recently?  Do you want to put a needle in their back?  Better yet, do you not want to put a needle in their...

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Fever of Unknown Source - Part 2

In this episode we complete our discussion on “Fever Without a Source” in the 2-3 month old population and also cover the 3-month plus age group.  Again Dr. Andrea Cruz a subspecialist in emergency...

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An Easy LP Technique

If you downloaded the fist version of this (no intro music), delete it and re-downlad.  The audio is much better on the second version.Practitioners have a love-hate relationship with this procedure....

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Clearing The Pediatric C-spine

Developing a good rule to clinically clear the pediatric cervical spine would be difficult.  Very few kids suffer injuries to that region of the body making it nearly impossible to create a...

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Pediatric Airway 101

“Airway is the reason that many go into emergency medicine…”-  Jaime McCarthy MD,  UT Health Sciences Center at Houston EM DirectorOne of the many things that we do better than anyone in the business...

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Pediatric Airway - The Advanced Course

This is the second part of a two part series in pediatric airway management.  Here we focus on how to use the "Airway Algorithm" that we have created and how to manage the more difficult airways we...

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Sedation and Ketofol

There are a lot of ways to sedate, but I would like to provide you with a philosophy and the methodology to put together the safest possible sedation package. Please stay tuned for my next episode in...

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Ketofol & Shah

I had the privilege to sit down with one of Canada’s finest, Dr. Amit Shah, and discuss his blinded randomized prospective study concerning one of my favorite procedural medications: Ketofol.This is...

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Urological Complaints Part 1 - The Painful Scrotum

"Rub your balls, squeeze your balls so you don't get cancer"  ~  Tom GreenFew things cause more pain for the patient and fear in the practitioner than scrotal discomfort in a child.  I sat down with...

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Urology Part 2 ~ The Painless Scroti

"Amigo, the only thing in this world that gives orders is balls. Balls. You got that?" ~  Scarface 1983Every man is attached to their nuts.  In this episode CDR Sean Stroup, MD USN and I continue to...

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Penis Talk ~ With Your Hosts Sloas and Stroup

 The finale in the Urology trilogy.  In this episode Dr. Sean Stroup, CDR, USN, MC and I wrap-it-up with a series of "down-there" complaints (down-there does not imply that this episode is about...

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Pediatric (and some adult) ECG Basics

The Squiggly Line Rule: The more squiggly lines in the outline/border lines of a state, the cooler/more fun it is to live in that state. In, for example, the state of California, the squiggly lines...

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Pediatric ECG Basics ~ Part 2

Our resident cardiologist Dr. Buck Kyle completes the second part of his lecture series on pediatric ECG reading.  This time we get into the most common cardiac disease processes that occur in the...

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Calcium Channel Blockers, Beta Blockers and Undifferentiated...

One of the most sphincter tightening overdoses to deal with in adults and pediatrics is the CCB overdose.  In this podcast I cover all the treatments that work, don't work, and you would think should...

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Pediatric Concussion

I have had the opportunity to work with some truly amazing people in my life and Dr. Matt Bayes, sports medicine physician extraordinaire, is no exception.  Dr. Bayes is the only person I have known...

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The Eyes Have It..... Or At Least The Red Eyes Do

Harold Andrew Sloas Jr, DO, CAPT, USN-R is a board certified ophthalmologist (and my dad).  He had a competition with his son Harold Andrew Sloas III, DO, RDMS, FAAEM to see who could get get more...

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2 - Red Eyes

Red eyes usually come in pairs and so do podcasts on the subject.  In part two of the red eye disorders we discuss the non-threatening maladies that can turn into eye threatening disorders if missed....

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Park that Shoulder in Place - Shoulder Reductions & One Hip

How many times have you been involved in an adult or pediatric shoulder reduction that you just can't relocate.  Very frustrating, but here's your solution: Dr. Jay Park has invented a method that...

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Great Pedi Gallbladders of Fire

You may think that Miley Cyrus' on-stage theatrics was the most shocking thing to happen in 2013, but au contraire mon frère.  Hold on tight, because the most outrageous thing you've heard between...

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Thin Kids, Gallbladders Too

Now I've got your mind palatable to the fact that young thin kids can get cholecystitis too, lets figure out how to weed those kids out from the hundreds of gastroenteritis that you're still going to...

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Are You Ready...For Little Patients?

Dr. Facilier begged the question..."Are you ready for Transformation Central?"  Transformation?  My ER runs just fine.  What could I need to be ready for or transform my ER into???  Well, there's this...

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Anyone Seen My Corn? Pediatric Foreign Bodies

THE DERMA-Q How many times have you seen a square object inserted into a round hole.....of an ear canal???  It's quite a quandary and can be the source of frustration for both you and the patient....

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Asthma...The Music Of The Night

In this episode, the first of a three part series on asthma, we will cover the diagnostic and treatment strategies that will help you rapidly move patients through your ED.  No, of course you don't...

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Asthma Andrews Style - What's the best oral steroid you ask?

What's the best oral steroid to treat acute asthma exacerbations you may ask? Well, we're here to answer that for you.  Please welcome Dr. Annie Andrews, MD, MSCR who has written all the articles you...

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Asthma and the Vent

                                                              TOP  =  AUTO PEEP        BOTTOM  =  NORMAL FLOW “Set the Vent in SIMV at 7cc/kg and an I:E ratio of 1:4/1:5 and check a blood gas!” —...

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Child Abuse

It is hard to put into words or even imagine the concept of someone intentionally hurting a child, but it happens more frequently than we'd like to believe.  In this episode, I had the privilege of...

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The Five Canons of Levitan - Difficult Airway Part 3

Canon - a general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judgedNo one has changed the face of how we approach difficult airway more than Rich Levitan, MD.  In this episode I review...

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Pediatric Syncope (DFO ~ Done Fell Out)

Welcome back to the show Dr. Buck Kyle!  Dr. Kyle is a attending pediatric cardiologist at Texas Children’s Hospital and on  this episode we will discuss what causes all those little kids to pass out...

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Best Case Ever and Ask Me Anything

I was recently asked to discuss my best case ever with Anton Helman, MD of Emergency Medicine Cases and then to join Alex Koyfman, MD from EMDocs for a session of "Ask Me Anything."  Both were so much...

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Pediatric Syncope Part Deux...Still Fell Out

Buck Kyle MD...AKA pediatric cardiologist extraordinaire... is back to finish up part two of our in-depth look at pediatric syncope and the thirteen causes of sudden cardiac death.  Never feel...

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HEMOPHILIA EMERGENCIES

Tara's kids...doing all the same things other kids do!!! A while back now, I got an email from Weingart stating that he had received correspondence form a Canadian paramedic by the name of Tara Anema....

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