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Mon Sep 24 18:14:56 BST 2007

I would love to see the presentations, Pret!!

I have a cool case, but no real tips.

A 3 year old rolled down the hill to the 2 ft full drainage ditch from his
home. Within minutes, his mom noticed, retrieved him and a friend began CPR
despite a pulseless, unresposvie child. Again within 3-5 minutes, the
Paramedics arrived and brought him straight to our tiny ED, where we
continued resusitation and sent him to our Level 1 trauma center ~1 hour
away.

According to the pediatrician, at followup a few weeks later, the child
walked in, was a bit "slow" but inquired where the Dr's bubbles were-- as
this doc always blew bubbles as he walked into an exam room.

He was otherwise lost to followup, but this case offset a lot of sad ones
for me/us.

You do know you can send free large files at www.yousendit.com
-- right? LOVE those folks. THAT is a pointer in itself.

Charlene Morris
in NC

On 9/24/07, Bjorn, Pret <pbjorn at emh.org> wrote:
>
> I'm speaking to a group of nurse anesthetists this weekend who want to
> know cool stuff about pediatric trauma.  I've got a couple of canned
> lectures on my hard drive, but they (and surely I) could use some
> freshening up.
>
> Apart from various spins on "kids are / are not little adults," what's
> the coolest thing you know about pediatric trauma?
>
> Techniques, tips, trivia -- if it's germane to kids and trauma, I'd love
> to hear it and pass it along (after cursory verification, of course).
>
> For example, it was the Trauma-List that taught me how SCIWORA is more
> common in adults than kids, and that Waddell's Triad is just another way
> of saying that when a child gets hit by a car, he basically gets
> creamed.
>
> If you have background references, great; if not I'll happily reference
> YOU.
>
> I thank you, and scores of Maine nurse anesthetists are subconsciously
> in your debt.
>
> Pret Bjorn, RN
> Bangor, ME USA
>
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