SAQ Library : Paediatrics
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Infant drowning
You are working on a pre-hospital/retrieval service. You receive a notification at your base: “Two siblings were being bathed together: …
Projectile vomiting in 5-week-old
A 5-week-old boy has been brought to your ED with projectile vomiting.
Brief resolved unexplained event
An infant male is brought to your ED by ambulance following a Brief Resolved Unexplained Event (BRUE).
Acquired torticollis
A 6-year-old girl is brought in by her parents with neck pain and stiffness. She is unable to straighten her …
Unwell neonate
An 8-day-old neonate is brought to the ED by concerned parents. Over the last 48 hours she has become increasingly …
Infant status epilepticus
It is 11pm in your tertiary mixed emergency department and a 4-month-old baby arrives via ambulance with a generalised tonic-clonic …
Paediatric polytrauma with tension pneumothorax
A 13 month old girl has been taken to the ED by the ambulance service. She was run over in …
A 4 month with fever and a rash
A 4-month-old male infant is brought to your urban district ED with 2 days of progressive irritability and fever. His …
Meningococcal sepsis in child
A 4-year-old boy presents to your urban district Emergency Department with a one-day history of fever, lethargy, and vomiting. His …
Neonatal adrenal crisis
2-week-old male is brought to your Emergency Department by concerned parents. He is floppy and listless and brought into the …
Erythema multiforme
A 4-year-old girl has been brought to the ED by her parents. She has had a rash for the last …
Itchy rash
A 3-year-old child presents to your Emergency Department with an itchy rash. There is no fever or systemic unwellness.
Febrile infant
An otherwise well 5-month-old girl presents to the Emergency Department with fever (39.2°C) for 24 hours, vomiting and reduced feeding.
Paediatric urinary retention
A 6-year-old girl is brought in by her mother with abdominal pain and a history of not passing urine for …
Non blanching rash
A 5-year-old girl is brought to the Emergency Department by her parents with a non-blanching rash that has appeared overnight. …
Cough, fever and unable to lie flat
A 6-year-old girl presents to a large mixed ED with 2 weeks of cough and intermittent fever. For the past …
Paediatric diabetic ketoacidosis
A 4-year-old boy presents to ED with a 2-day history of worsening nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. He is drowsy, …
Metoprolol ingestion in toddler
A 2-year-old boy has been taken to triage by his parents who found the child playing with an open box …
Insulin overdose
A 14-year-old girl has presented after an intentional overdose of insulin.
VP shunt complication
A 10-year-old girl presents to your ED with headache and vomiting. She has a history of hydrocephalus and has a …
Adolescent lower abdominal pain
A 15-year-old girl presents to your regional ED with lower abdominal pain. She is usually well, immunized and has no …
Acute mastoiditis
A 12-month-old girl is brought into your Emergency Department with a painful left ear. She has been seen to pull …