SAQ Stack : Paediatrics
Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study
Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage
You are the consultant in charge of a tertiary ED. A 2000h a 3-year-old, 15kg male child presents with his …
Paediatric constipation
A 4-year-old boy is brought to the ED by his parents with abdominal discomfort, reduced appetite and intermittent distress over …
Paediatric pneumonia
An 8-year-old girl has presented to your rural ED with fevers, shortness of breath and a productive cough for the …
Collapsed neonate
A 14 day old term baby is brought to your suburban mixed ED at 6am. Parents reported the breathing rate …
Paediatric tachycardia
An 18-month-old girl presents to your urban district ED with lethargy and poor feeding over the last 24 hours. She …
Paediatric femoral shaft fracture transfer
An 11-year-old girl presents to your rural emergency department after a car accident. An X-ray of the left femur is …
Neonatal jaundice
A 15-day old male is referred in by community midwives for ongoing jaundice. He was born at 39 weeks via …
Neonate with fever and vomiting
An 8-day-old boy has presented with fevers and frequent vomiting. He was born at term with no complications.
Severe pneumonia in infant
An 11-month-old girl is brought into your rural emergency department with suspected community acquired pneumonia after being unwell for 5 …
Ingested foreign body
A 3-year-old male has presented with a history of an ingested foreign body. He is comfortable and talking normally. His …
Child with a limp
Your next patient is a paediatric patient who has been limping and complaining of a sore leg for the last …
Minor head injury in toddler
A toddler is brought to your emergency department after a fall. The exact mechanism is unclear but was reported as …
Paediatric elbow injury
A 5-year-old girl presents with a painful elbow following a fall in the playground at school. She is distressed with …
Fever and rash
A 6-year-old boy is brought into the Emergency Department with a 3-day history of skin rash and fever. He looks …
Paediatric septic shock
A 2-year-old 15 kg child presents in the care of their parent. They have been febrile, and unwell for the …
Henoch Schonlein purpura
An otherwise well 8-year-old boy presents to your ED with a rash as shown. You make the diagnosis of Henoch …
Eczema herpeticum
A 4-year-old girl has a known history of atopic dermatitis (eczema) since infancy with frequent flare ups and remissions. She …
Toddler hypoglycaemia and possible ingestion
A 2-year-old child, Rosie, is brought to your department by her parents. She has been well during the day except …
Button battery nasal foreign body
A 3-year-old boy has been brought into your Emergency Department with a button battery in his left nostril.
Orbital cellulitis
A 9 yo girl presents a week of with progressive right eye swelling despite taking amoxicillin with clavulanic acid for …
Acute otitis media
A 12-month-old, otherwise well, boy is brought to your emergency department with a 1-day history of fever and is a …
Paediatric intussusception
A 12-month-old boy presents to the ED with abdominal pain. You suspect intussusception.
Mycoplasma pneumonia in child
You are the supervising consultant in a metropolitan tertiary ED. Your junior registrar has come to you asking for advice …
Paediatric drowning with cardiac arrest
A 2-year-old boy is brought in following cardiac arrest after being found at the bottom of a backyard swimming pool. …