Paediatric Emergency Medicine Teaching Sessions
Welcome to our Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) teaching sessions page hosted at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.
This page provides up-to-date teaching schedules, details of upcoming events, and lets you know where each learning opportunity will be facilitated. We look forward to seeing you!
Learning from Single Front Door Cases and Junior Doctors Forum
Please note this will just be on teams rather than the pod for this 6 months
Mon 23rd Feb
Mon 30th March
Mon 27th April
Mon 1st June (odd one out to avoid late May bank holiday)
Mon 29th June
FY1, FY2 and JTG Paediatric ED Teaching
Last Wednesday of the month, 10 - 11am
Location @ PED
Wed 25th February
10am-11am
Respiratory Illness
Wed 25th March
10am - 11am
Injuries in Children
Wed 29th April
10am-11am
Spotting the Sick Child
Wed 27th May
10-11am
Eye Emergencies in the Children’s ED
Wed 24th June
10-11am
Safeguarding and Mental Health Presentations in the Children's ED
Wed 22nd July
10-11am
Rashes
Registrar Tues Lunchtime Teaching
Tuesdays 1:45pm - 2:45pm
Undercroft Seminar Room
Paediatric Emergency Department
Journal Club Schedule
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WHEEZE Connett, G., Harper, S., Raut, B. and James, D., 2024. Hospital discharge using salbutamol as required after acute attacks of wheeze in children: a service evaluation. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 109(1), pp.2-2.
POCUS Mayordomo-Colunga, J., Cortés, R.G., Bravo, M.C., Mas, R.M., Martínez, J.L.V., Valdovinos, L.R., Conlon, T.W., Nishisaki, A., Cabañas, F., Sustacha, J.Á.B. and Erroz, I.O., 2019. Point-of-care ultrasound: Is it time to include it in the paediatric specialist training programme? Anales de Pediatría (English Edition), 91(3), pp.206-e1.
STEROIDS IN WHEEZE Collins, A.D. and Beigelman, A., 2014. An update on the efficacy of oral corticosteroids in the treatment of wheezing episodes in preschool children. Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease, 8(6), pp.182-190.
PIC Waterfield, T., Maney, J.A., Fairley, D., Lyttle, M.D., McKenna, J.P., Roland, D., Corr, M., McFetridge, L., Mitchell, H., Woolfall, K. and Lynn, F., 2021. Validating clinical practice guidelines for the management of children with non-blanching rashes in the UK (PiC): a prospective, multicentre cohort study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21(4), pp.569-577.
SNAP Pettie, J.M., Caparrotta, T.M., Hunter, R.W., Morrison, E.E., Wood, D.M., Dargan, P.I., Thanacoody, R.H., Thomas, S.H., Elamin, M.E., Francis, B. and Webb, D.J., 2019. Safety and efficacy of the SNAP 12-hour acetylcysteine regimen for the treatment of paracetamol overdose. EClinicalMedicine, 11, pp.11-17.
FIDO Umana, E., Mills, C., Norman-Bruce, H., Wilson, K., Mitchell, H., McFetridge, L., Woolfall, K., Lynn, F.A., McKeeman, G., Foster, S. and Barrett, M., 2023. Applying clinical decision aids for the assessment and management of febrile infants presenting to emergency care in the UK and Ireland: Febrile Infant Diagnostic Assessment and Outcome (FIDO) Study protocol. BMJ open, 13(9), p.e075823.
ECLIPSE Lyttle, M.D., Gamble, C., Messahel, S., Hickey, H., Iyer, A., Woolfall, K., Humphreys, A., Bacon, N.E., Roper, L., Babl, F.E. and Dalziel, S.R., 2017. Emergency treatment with levetiracetam or phenytoin in status epilepticus in children—the EcLiPSE study: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 18, pp.1-10.
TXA Dewan, Y., Komolafe, E.O., Mejía-Mantilla, J.H., Perel, P., Roberts, I. and Shakur, H., 2012. CRASH-3-tranexamic acid for the treatment of significant traumatic brain injury: study protocol for an international randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Trials, 13, pp.1-14.
FLUID BOLUS IN SEPSIS Chayawuttipong, T., Phungoen, P., Panitchote, A., Daewtrakulchai, P., Phunmanee, A., Patjanasoontorn, B. and Ketdao, N., 2024. Fluid bolus in suspected Sepsis patients with Hyperlactatemia (FISH): Study protocol for an open-labeled, randomized controlled trial: Fluid bolus in sepsis: RCT. Clinical Critical Care, 32, pp.e240015-e240015.
ELBOW INJURIES Dann L, Edwards S, Hall D, Davis T, Roland D, Barrett M. Black and white: how good are clinicians at diagnosing elbow injuries from paediatric elbow radiographs alone? Emerg Med J. 2024 Oct 23;41(11):662-667. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2024-214047. PMID: 39181700
CAP Bielicki JA, Stöhr W, Barratt S, et al. Effect of Amoxicillin Dose and Treatment Duration on the Need for Antibiotic Re-treatment in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: The CAP-IT Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2021;326(17):1713–1724. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.17843
PROLONGED FEVER. Nijman RG, Tan CD, Hagedoorn NN, Nieboer D, Herberg JA, Balode A, von Both U, Carrol ED, Eleftheriou I, Emonts M, van der Flier M, de Groot R, Kohlmaier B, Lim E, Martinón-Torres F, Pokorn M, Strle F, Tsolia M, Yeung S, Zachariasse JM, Zavadska D, Zenz W, Levin M, Vermont CL, Moll HA, Maconochie IK; PERFORM consortium. Are children with prolonged fever at a higher risk for serious illness? A prospective observational study. Arch Dis Child. 2023 Aug;108(8):632-639. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-325343. Epub 2023 Apr 25. PMID: 37185174.
MENTAL HEALTH. Malley M, Hall M, Parry G, et al. Assessment of mental health presentations to the paediatric emergency department: a poorly standardised process. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2023; 108:591.
BUCKLE FRACTURES. Perry, D., Achten, J., Knight, R. et al. 2022 Immobilisation of torus fractures of the wrist in children (FORCE): a randomised controlled equivalence trial in the UK, Lancet, 400: 10345, 39-47.
PAIN MANAGEMENT. Hartshorn S, Durnin S, Lyttle MD, Barrett M; PERUKI. Pain management in children and young adults with minor injury in emergency departments in the UK and Ireland: a PERUKI service evaluation. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2022 Mar;6(1):e001273. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001273. PMID: 36053599; PMCID: PMC8943777.
PERIORBITAL CELLULITIS. Tolhurst-Cleaver M, Evans J, Waterfield T, Adamson J, Marlow R, Lyttle MD, Roland D. Periorbital and orbital cellulitis in children: a survey of emergency physicians and analysis of clinical practice guidelines across the PERUKI network. Emerg Med J. 2022 Mar 9:emermed-2021-211713. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2021-211713. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35264451.
FB INGESTION. Neville JJ, Lyttle MD, Messahel S, et al Magnet ingestion in children in the United Kingdom: a national prospective observational surveillance study. Archives of Disease in Childhood Published Online First: 18 May 2025. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-328195
ACUTE LIMP. Tu J, Lam S, Yamano C, et al. Test characteristics of clinical findings and clinical decision rules for the diagnosis of septic arthritis in children with an acute limp presenting to the emergency department: a prospective observational study. Emergency Medicine Journal 2025;42:360-366.
HEAD INJURY. R. Wilson et al. (2025) Predictors of persisting symptoms after concussion in children following a traumatic brain injury: a longitudinal retrospective cohort study: BMJ Paediatrics Open, 9:e, 003036.
PRE-SCHOOL WHEEZE. Lo D, Lawson C, Broomfield J, et al. Risk factors for recurrent attacks of wheeze in preschool children: a population-based cohort study in England. Archives of Disease in Childhood Published Online First: 20 June 2025. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-328375
PARENTAL CONCERN. Association between caregiver concern for clinical deterioration and critical illness in children presenting to hospital: a prospective cohort study. Mills, Erin et al. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, Volume 9, Issue 7, 450 – 458
AGITATION. Elyssia M. Bourke, Amit Kochar, Deborah Shellshear et al. PEAChY-O: Pharmacological Emergency Management of Agitation in Children and Young People: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Medication. Annals of Emergency Medicine https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.01.007
DIVERSITY. Kelly C, Leslie GD, Laird P, Stokes S, Gill FJ. Assessing Clinical Deterioration in Children With Dark-Coloured Skin: A Scoping Review. J Clin Nurs. 2025 Aug 13. doi: 10.1111/jocn.70060. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40801333.
SKULL ULTRASOUND. Alexandridis G, Verschuuren EW, Rosendaal AV, et al. Evidence base for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for diagnosis of skull fractures in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Emergency Medicine Journal 2022;39:30-36.
Page Contributors
Dr Jennifer Mann
Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Dr Sunny Jutla
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Lead for EM3
Tom Brown
Website Designer