Emergency medicine

News

We publish a new educational podcast about paediatric sepsis

13 September 2021

Over the past couple of years we've produced podcasts with real-world guidance on how to manage sepsis in children and young people. Clinical lead and consultant paediatrician Dr Emma Lim introduces our latest episode, published for today's World Sepsis Day, which covers the first ever sepsis guidel...

Course

Hands on neonatal & paediatric echocardiography course (face to face course)

09 October 2021

Brighton

This is a Basic Plus face to face course that will benefit paediatric, neonatal, PICU, and Emergency Paediatrics trainees and consultants, and Advanced Nurse Practitioners and cardiac sonographers who have recently commenced or intend to commence performing echocardiograms on neonates and children. ...

Child and adolescent mortality

Clinical genetics

Community child health

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Inherited metabolic medicine

Intensive care medicine

News

Our history, your future - Prabhu Rajendran

8 July 2021

As RCPCH celebrates its 25th birthday, 25 members have shared stories about a case that stayed with them. These stories will be published throughout 2021.

Resource

Managing RSV and other respiratory viruses in 2021 - webinar recording

This free webinar, presented on 29 June 2021, was convened to support paediatricians and other child health professionals with managing bronchiolitis and other respiratory viruses this year. We looked at how to manage patient flow, ‘keeping patients safe and pathways open’, covered recognition, mana...

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Respiratory medicine

Course

How to Manage: Paediatric Sepsis - online

04 November 2021

This one day online course explores how to recognise and effectively manage life threatening sepsis.

Area of medicine

Emergency medicine

News

Dr Tom Waterfield wins the 2021 Donald Paterson prize

12 May 2021

In memory of Dr Donald Paterson, we offer this award to one individual for the best published paper in paediatrics from the last two years. We hear from the Paterson family and we speak to Tom about his winning publication and its importance for child health.

Resource

New measures for urgent and emergency care in England - consultation response

In February 2021 we responded, with the Association of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, to a consultation from NHS England and Improvement on proposals to replace the 4-hour target for care in emergency departments.

Emergency medicine

Service design

Document

National guidance for the management of children with bronchiolitis (2021)

These recommendations on the management of children with bronchiolitis in hospital settings during COVID-19 are for clinicians to support planning in partnership with local infection prevention control teams. While some recommendations describe organisational structures in England, services in th...

News

Why I chose PEM and how this impacts on work life balance

27 August 2020

David James tells us how he balances an acute specialty with a healthy work life balance - and how a bit of cycling helps, too!

Document

Winter pressures in EDs in 2020-21

Winter pressures in emergency departments are familiar. The prospect of delivering emergency care through a winter season during the COVID-19 pandemic presents an extra challenge. We outline a range of good practice ideas that may help and support members tackling these issues this winter.

Emergency medicine

Service design

Facing the Future - emergency care

Models of care

Winter pressures