Raised intracranial pressure on the front line this month, menorrhagia in adolescents, psychological first aid and some normal reference values for children from Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
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Psychological First Aid (PFA)
With thanks to Dr Isabel Wilson, paediatric registrar with experience of working with refugees and internally displaced people in southern Europe.
Public Health England has developed a course on PFA in Covid-19. Almost 100,000 people have already signed up to learn how to give practical and emotional support to individuals traumatised by their experience of lockdown or Covid-19 itself. Sign up at https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/psychological-first-aid-covid-19
November 2020 Safeguarding PDF
More safeguarding this month from Dr Jackie Driscoll. Modern Slavery, Child Trafficking, County Lines and Prevent. Packed full with everything you need to know and links to more resources.
October 2020 PDF
Testicular torsion this month – a surgical emergency with good outcomes if operated on less than 6 hours since the pain started.
Also, links to helpful health and well being websites for young people and to good ECG CPD for psychiatrists and GPs. A bit more on ADHD and a round up of neck lumps in infants, assessment and management.
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September 2020
Safeguarding issue again this month. Round up of CPD resources and a reminder of how much demonstrable child safeguarding CPD health professionals have to do per 3 year cycle. Also some support groups for your patients and a quiz on social media sites – in case you thought you were ahead of the game…
Social media icon quiz
From left to right: Dubsmash (high risk of bullying), Snapchat (overall safety rating – average), Smule (official age rating 13+), We chat (high risk sexual and bullying), Twitch (“it’s hard to censor because it’s live”), YouTube (“people write mean things in the comments on videos”). Follow the links to read about each site’s safety profile and find out what kind of thing your own children and your young patients are using the individual sites for.
Social media sites are here to stay and preventing children having access to them is not likely to be a successful parental pastime. https://www.net-aware.org.uk/ is an O2 and NSPCC project which looks at the safety of social media sites and gives parents tips on how to protect their children while they are using them.
August 2020 PDF
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) by Alex Argyropoulos this month: risk, recognition and management. Surgical update on hernias, the difficulties of wearing masks for people who stutter and a helping hand from Harry the Hound for children worried about going back to school after covid.
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July 2020
Safeguarding again this month. Youth Violence Commission final report, sweets laced with cannabis oil, trauma-informed care and links to 2 excellent sites demonstrating disparity and deprivation through images. Do leave comments below.
June 2020 PDF published
Remote assessment of children the Wessex way this month, tight foreskins, difficult airways and a journal club discussion around the likelihood of meningitis in neonatal UTI. Do leave comments below…
May 2020 Safeguarding PDF
Lots of useful Child Safeguarding resources in this month’s newsletter. Neglect of medical needs, more Covid 19 resources, support for new parents and plenty of links to on line resources to help you keep your safeguarding CPD log books up to date. Do leave comments below: