SAQ Library : Paediatrics
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Preterm neonatal resuscitation and debrief
An emergency alarm is activated in your ED after precipitous delivery of a preterm baby in the carpark.
Paediatric extradural haematoma transfer
A 6-year-old boy presents after being struck on the side of the head by a baseball. He has an isolated …
Unwell neonate
A 6-day-old girl presents lethargic and tachypnoeic with hypotension, hypoxia and a loud cardiac murmur. You are concerned about congenital …
Heat stroke with status epilepticus
A 3-year-old boy is brought to ED with prolonged and ongoing seizure activity after being found locked in the back …
Brief resolved unexplained event
Indie is a 12-week-old baby brought in by ambulance after an episode at home where she went floppy and dusky …
Neonatal hypoglycaemia with seizure
A 14-day-old boy presents to ED with drowsiness. His parents saw his eyes deviate to one side and some lip …
Paediatric scald burn
A mother brings her 7-month-old baby after she accidentally spilled hot water from the kitchen sink onto the baby's neck, …
Paediatric blunt chest trauma
You are the resuscitation consultant in a paediatric major trauma centre. A 12-year-old girl is brought in by her parents …
Paediatric chin laceration
A 5-year-old boy presents with a 2 cm linear wound on his chin after falling over. He has no other …
Paediatric lateral condyle fracture
A child is brought in after an unwitnessed fall from monkey bars. She reports left elbow pain with swelling and …
Paediatric distal radius fracture
You are the FACEM in charge working in an urban district mixed emergency department. An 8-year-old boy is brought in …
Kawasaki disease
A 2-year-old boy presents with a 6-day history of fever, reduced oral intake and appearing miserable. You suspect Kawasaki disease.
Haemophilia A haemarthrosis
A 10-year-old boy with known Haemophilia A presents to the emergency department with an atraumatic painful knee. He is systemically …
Glomerulonephritis in toddler
A 22-month-old previously well boy presents with one week of periorbital oedema and bilateral leg swelling. He has normal vital …
Paediatric redback spider envenomation
A 4-year-old boy is brought to the ED by his mother after suddenly screaming while playing in the garden and …
Severe abdominal pain in a school-aged child
A 12-year-old boy presents with severe abdominal pain and vomiting. On arrival he is groaning and pale with the following …
Ketamine-associated airway emergency in child
A 4-year-old girl receives IV ketamine for procedural sedation to suture a forehead laceration. She vomits, develops stridor, desaturates, becomes …
6yo with leg rash
A 6-year-old girl is brought to the Emergency Department with a skin rash on her legs that has been progressing …
Floppy neonate
A 2-week-old male infant is rushed to your ED by his concerned parents. The child is floppy with reduced LOC. …
Tetralogy of Fallot with hypercyanotic spell
A 5-month-old boy with known Tetralogy of Fallot presents cyanosed and distressed and is awaiting definitive surgical repair.
Infant head injury
A 2-month-old baby boy is reviewed after his father slipped while carrying him, resulting in the baby hitting his head …
Collapsed neonate with hypoglycaemia
A 5-day old male baby is brought in by his mother for decreased breast-feeding. On examination the child is flat …
Paediatric status epilepticus
A 5-year-old boy presents with ongoing tonic-clonic seizure activity.
4yo with a rash
A 4-year-old girl presents with a rash of 24 hours duration. A photograph is provided.