An 8 year old with diarrhea, abdominal pain, and syncope
This case was sent by: Maria Perez Emergency Registrar Monash Medical Centre Melbourne She obtained permission from the family to identify the…
Blunt Trauma in a Child
For a related tragic case, click here. A child between the ages of 5 and 10 was restrained in a motor vehicle collision and sustained multiple…
Heart rate of 230 beats per minute
What can you say about this ECG at a rate of 230 beats per minute? Answer below The QRS is very narrow (about 70 ms?), so it must be a…
A Child with Blunt Trauma
A 6 yo girl had significant trauma from an MVC, with head injury (initial GCS 10, but no intracranial bleeding) and mild orthopedic…
Exertional Chest pain and Near Syncope in a Young Adolescent
An adolescent female presented for increasing chest pain (sometime sharp, sometime like someone standing on her chest) and palpitations with…