Abuse, Ingestions and Drowning

Welcome to Pediatric Emergency Medicine- Abuse, Drowning and Ingestions

In this section, Dr. Alletag, A Board Certified Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician will go over some of the most common cases that you will face in your daily practice in the ER under Abuse, Drowning and ingestions.  In this section you will learn how these patients present, how to diagnose them, and how to treat according to the latest guidelines.  This will be done through discussing real life case scenarios.  By the end of this section, you should be ready to tackle these difficult cases in your practice with more ease and confidence.

Videos: 7

Duration: 3 hours and 40 minutes

CME: 4 hours

Topics Discussed in this course:

Identifying Child abuse

Review red flags for abusive injuries

Review abusive vs accidental bruises

Review oral injuries

Accidental vs abusive burns

Poorly explained injuries

Oral injuries

Bruises

Burns

Head Trauma

MSK trauma

Difficult developmental stages

Scald burns and contact burns

Non accidental burns

Abusive Fractures

Sexual abuse

Presentation of sexual abuse patients

Exam

Forensic Kit

Management of different foreign bodies

Nose foreign bodies

When to consult ENT?

Ear Foreign bodies

Ingested foreign bodies

Button batteries ingestion

Treatment protocol

Pediatric Drowning

ARDS

PEDS and Guns

Firearms injuries