As a followup to a previous post on "The 10 Commandments in Emergency Medicine", we would like to pay tribute to our pediatric friends. More than a decade after it was initially published, Timothy Givens (also from Vanderbilt but the pediatric side) published "The 10 commandments of pediatric Emergency Medicine". Although the original commandments still hold true, the pediatric commandments augment them nicely and are geared towards our littler patients.
1. Children are not small adults.
2. Ill and injured children regress.
3. The "patient" might be the one holding the child.
4. Kids are the real deal.
5. Laboratory tests and x-rays seldom beat a good history and physical examination.
6. Many hands make light work.
7. Check and double-check. Then, check again.
8. Children feel pain just like you do - treat it.
9. Close the loop.
10. Above all, you are the child's advocate.
Welcome to the new interns!
Reference
Givens T. The ten commandments of pediatric Emergency Medicine. J Emerg Med. 2004;27(2):193-4. DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.05.002
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With the Peds mention, I'd like to note a friend of mine who has a Peds EM centered blog where he tosses up a pearl a week. Sean Fox was a grad from the same program as me (Univ of Maryland) in the combined residency EM and Peds. Perhaps you could add him to the Blog list? His site is called Pediatric EM Morsels (link below).
ReplyDeleteThanks Michelle, and keep up the great work!
Jim
http://web.me.com/smfoxmd/Ped_Emergency_Medicine_Morsels/Caduceus_Cookie.html
Hey Jim: Wow, I hadn't heard of Sean's blog. Looks great. Thanks for letting know. And check out the new addition to my blog list!!
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