Resources for Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Clinical Information: Reference
- Child Physiology: Good site to send parents to with flash player items on different organs, systems etc.
- Paediatric Pathology site for pathology tests, indication
- Paediatric LabTestsOnline
- Paediatric X-Rays from MyPacs
- Paediatric ECG
- DermNetNZ.org Dermatology resource
- eMedicine by Medscape: Emergency Medicine (Pediatric) and Pediatrics (Critical Care)
- Immunise Australia Program: National Immunisation Program Schedule and Australian Immunisation Handbook
- Western Australia Immunisation Home Page and Immunisation Schedule 1 May 2009 (pdf)
- Australian Immunisations Calculator (for catch-up jabs)
- DermNet.com Dermatology Atlas
- Transfusion Guidelines from ANZSBT
- Paediatric Emergency Medicine
- Spotting the Sick Child
- The Radiology Assistant – Pediatrics
- Paediatric Trauma – different from adults
Drug Information & Calculators
- RCH Emergency Drug Doses for resuscitation
- University Hospital Wales PICU Drug Calculator
- MDcalc.com (including paediatrics and critical care)
- X-Ray Risk Calculator
- MedIndex.com.au Calculators and Charts (BMI, BSA, GFR, International Growth charts, BP, FEV1 and more)
Clinical Guidelines
- Royal Childrens Hospital (Melbourne) Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Starship Childrens Hospital NZ
- Auckland Newborn Services
- NICE Clinical Guidelines (including eczema, febrile illness, head injury, UTI)
- SIGN Guidelines (including bronchiolitis, otitis media, procedural sedation)
- Guidelines endorsed by RCPCH
Procedures
- RCH Paediatric Trauma Manual
- NYSORA.com – nerve blocks & regional anaesthesia
Patient & Parent Information
- RaisingChildren.net.au
- Royal Childrens Hospital (Melbourne)
- Childrens Hospital at Westmead
- Starship Childrens Hospital NZ
- Allergy.org.au
- Asthma Foundation
Organisations
- Kidsafe Australia
- ARC: Australasian Resuscitation Council
- ACEM: Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
- PEMSANZ: Paediatric Emergency Medicine Society of Australia & New Zealand
- RACP: Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- APLS: Advanced Paediatric Life Support
- EMST: Early Management of Severe Trauma (=ATLS)
- UK College of Emergency Medicine (CEM)
- American Board Emergency Medicine (ABEM)
- USA Emergency Medicine Residents Association (EMRA)
- American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Practice Resources – Pediatrics
Directories & Utilities
- HealthEngine.com.au – find Australian GPs and Specialists
- WhitePages
- Calendar (timeanddate.com)
Journals
Web 2.0 Resources
Blogs & Wikis
Podcasts
Reference texts, Evidence-Based Medicine, Journals
- BMJ Group (BMJ Learning, Clinical Evidence, OnExamination, Best Practice, Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin and more)
- DynaMed
- Skyscape
- UpToDate
- MDConsult
- eTG
- eMIMS
- DrugDoses.net (Frank Shann’s book as a smartphone app)
- Paediatric Pharmacopoeia
Journals
Clinical Decision Support
