Femoral fractures are uncommon, as considerable force is often required. There is often a history of a fall with the leg twisted awkwardly. ...

We're all always told to suspect NAI in any child that comes in. In major trauma NAI is very possible and it would be easy to get swept ...

Epidemiology Only 5% of spinal cord injuries occur in the paediatric age group. 4-14% of patients with any spinal injury are aged less tha...

So the syllabus for Major Paediatric Trauma says "Pelvic fractures: understand the common fracture patterns". A search of google f...

Major burns don't happen very often but sometimes clothing gets set alight (whether deliberately or accidentally) and patients suff...

Burns in children are really common, and half of the reason I love doing PEM. In many departments you only ever see minors in the Paediatric...

There are specific body systems affected in trauma. But what about trauma in general? Do we treat it exactly the same as we would in adults?...

The abdomen is the third most injured body part in children, after the head and the chest. There is a medscape e-learning module here...

"Know the likely injuries through different age groups including pulmonary contusion and flail chest" Isolated significant ches...

There's lots of data about the dangers of CT scans, and we certainly do a lot of scans in the Emergency Department. Although not specifi...

We know that the likelihood of children needing neurosurgical intervention after a head injury is slim .  Head injuries in children can v...

This PMP has lots and lots of items in it. Having looked at this bit of the curriculum in detail, I'm skeptical as to whether attending ...