Hi Louise! I absolutely agree with referencing the resources that Sally provided. In practice in our ER, it's based on ESI level (with the VS counter on Epic turning yellow if it's close to the time to needing vitals, and red if it's past the ESI ...

We have some pre-mixed bags in our Omnicells but for most of our patients (including all patients under 50kg), our antibiotics and drips are mixed by pharmacy. We are incredibly lucky to have a pharmacist in the Peds ER 24hr/day, and when they are on ...

All are fantastic topics. I would definitely be interested in learning better techniques for caring for neurodivergent patients in the ED. I work in a Level 1 Trauma Peds ER in NYC and we have many patients with sickle cell, so if you needed a (virtual) ...

Attached is the policy we use and our pre-procedure checklist. These are our standard protocols for procedural sedation: BEFORE Sedation: RNs: need to ensure that provider documentation is complete BEFORE initiating sedation A signed ...

Liz and I work at the same free standing pediatric institution so I can answer for her. Currently our EMR is Cerner. We are moving to EPIC at the end of this year however, I know EPIC has this functionality as well. Our organization also created a Pediatric ...