Avoiding common errors in pediatric emergency medicine

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<p><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Conversational and easy to read, Avoiding Common Errors in Pediatric Emergency Medicine discusses 198 errors commonly made in the practice of paediatric emergency medicine and gives practical, easy-to-remember tips for avoiding these pitfalls. This unique manual offers brief, approachable, evidence-based chapters suitable for reading immediately before the start of a rotation, for quick reference on call, or daily for personal assessment and review. </span></p> <ul><li><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Covers nuanced topics specific to the care of children in the emergency setting, including treatment strategies, procedure competencies, distinct pathophysiology, and disease processes.</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Discusses the crashing patient, ultrasound and imaging, community and legal issues, applied practice, behavioural health, and medication/pharmacy topics.</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Summarizes each chapter with handy key points that present must-know information in an easy-access, bulleted format.</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Helps prevent clinical practice errors in the ED due to applying an adult management approach instead of a directed paediatric approach.</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ideal for emergency medicine physicians, residents, and attendings; emergency nurse practitioners, PAs who practice in the ED, and paediatricians.</span></li></ul>