Children and young people that are fully vaccinated against whooping cough (pertussis) are almost 70% less likely to be hospitalised with the disease, a new study has suggested. The study, published in in the Eurosurveillance medical journal this month, examined the impact of vaccination on pertussis-related hospital admissions in children in Scotland between January 2013... Read more The post Whooping cough vaccine cut child hospitalisations ‘by nearly 70%’ appeared first on Nursing in P...| Nursing in Practice
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Background Paediatric generalised convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE) are some thing we see a fair amount of in Virchester. Many are a result of febrile seizures, but as we are a […] The post JC: Ketamine or Midazolam as first choice for Paediatric Status Epilepticus? St Emlyn’s appeared first on St.Emlyn's.| St.Emlyn's
New proposals would make it illegal to sell high-caffeine energy drinks containing more than 150mg of caffeine per litre| Nursing in Practice
Almost a fifth of children in England who turned five in the 12 months to April 2025 did not receive their pre-school booster jab| Nursing in Practice
PECARN Abdominal Trauma Rule: Are One or Two Criteria Safe? Can children with abdominal pain, vomiting, or tenderness avoid CT? We review PECARN's latest insights into low-risk paediatric trauma. #foamed| St.Emlyn's
NHS England is set to ‘test’ using health visitors to administer childhood flu vaccinations and other routine immunisations.| Nursing in Practice
Children born to mothers with a BMI of 35 or over are at an increased risk of being admitted to hospital with an infection, a new study shows.| Nursing in Practice
Health visitors are facing ‘unmanageable’ caseloads with services at risk of ‘falling off a cliff’ without immediate action| Nursing in Practice
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and other leading health organisations have written to the foreign secretary to demand action| Nursing in Practice
Welcome back to the pre-Xmas edition of the Broomedocs & First10EM Journal club. This month we cover a few out-of-hospital arrest trials. More PECARN| Broome Docs
Welcome to a special edition of the Journal Club with Justin. This month we recorded live with a bunch of fantastic Broome junior doctors. Justin| Broome Docs
Welcome to the first episode for 2024 - and we have a range of papers covering the big life threatening issues to the tiniest pinky finger injuries and a| Broome Docs