SAQ Library : Paediatrics

You are the FACEM in charge working in an urban district mixed emergency department. An 8-year-old boy is …

A 2-year-old boy presents with a 6-day history of fever, reduced oral intake and appearing miserable. You suspect …

A 10-year-old boy with known Haemophilia A presents to the emergency department with an atraumatic painful knee. He …

A 22-month-old previously well boy presents with one week of periorbital oedema and bilateral leg swelling. He has …

A 4-year-old boy is brought to the ED by his mother after suddenly screaming while playing in the …

A 12-year-old boy presents with severe abdominal pain and vomiting. On arrival he is groaning and pale with …

A 4-year-old girl receives IV ketamine for procedural sedation to suture a forehead laceration. She vomits, develops stridor, …

A 6-year-old girl is brought to the Emergency Department with a skin rash on her legs that has …

A 2-week-old male infant is rushed to your ED by his concerned parents. The child is floppy with …

A 5-month-old boy with known Tetralogy of Fallot presents cyanosed and distressed and is awaiting definitive surgical repair.

A 2-month-old baby boy is reviewed after his father slipped while carrying him, resulting in the baby hitting …

A 5-day old male baby is brought in by his mother for decreased breast-feeding. On examination the child …

A 5-year-old boy presents with ongoing tonic-clonic seizure activity.

A 4-year-old girl presents with a rash of 24 hours duration. A photograph is provided.

A 12-month-old boy presents with lesions around his mouth and inability to eat or drink.

A 7-year-old boy is thrown from a horse and sustains isolated injuries to the left lower leg. An …

A 6-month-old girl is brought to a tertiary ED unrousable after a nap. She was reportedly well earlier …

A 2-week-old male infant has presented to a regional mixed ED with 3 episodes of vomiting over the …

A 14-month-old girl presents with 2 days of increasing work of breathing and wheeze following a viral prodrome. …

An 8-year-old boy has been crushed by shelving while playing in a shed. During extrication a piece of …

A 5-year-old girl presents after falling from monkey bars and injuring her right elbow. A lateral X-ray of …

A 3-month-old boy presents as unsettled. On examination he appears to have a painful leg and an X-ray …

A 5-year-old boy presents with progressive left eye swelling, pain and nausea.

You are working at a regional hospital in a coastal city in northern Australia. You are pre-alerted that …