A monthly guide to the best new Pediatric Emergency Medicine FOAM Welcome to the first HipPEMcrates FOAM Roundup! One of the greatest strengths of Pediatric Emergency Medicine is the community of educators who freely share their expertise through blogs, podcasts, cases, infographics, and other educational resources. The challenge is finding the time to keep up […]
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A 4-year-old is carried out of a second-story bedroom after firefighters extinguish her burning clothes. Her back and torso are involved. Her face is burned. There is soot at the nares. Her arms and legs are hot and red – but not blistered. The burn is obvious. The most dangerous questions are not. How much
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1. Know the who, what, and why In the 2024-2025 National Battery Ingestion Hotline annual report, national NPDS data showed 2,705 disc battery ingestion exposures after confirmed non-ingestions were excluded; 1,690 were in children ages 0-5 years and 303 were in children ages 6-12 years. Larger batteries – especially 20 mm lithium coin cells in
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7/20 Updates: If you’ve turned on the news recently, you’ve probably seen headlines about Cyclospora, a parasite responsible for a growing outbreak of cyclosporiasis across the United States. As of July 14, 2026, the CDC has received reports of 1,645 laboratory-confirmed domestically acquired cases across 34 states, with 141 hospitalizations (9%) and no deaths. Even
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