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Medical School for Everyone: Pediatrics Grand Rounds

Series: Great Courses
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Episodes
24
Rating
TVPG
Year
2016
Language
English
Publisher
The Great Courses

About

Pediatrics, which focuses on the medical care of children from birth through adolescence, is one of the most fascinating areas of medicine. To step into the shoes of a trained pediatrician is to better understand how these medical heroes diagnose common and uncommon illnesses in their young patients, helping each child grow into their greatest potential. In these 24 lectures, don the doctor's white coat for an accessible journey into the world of pediatric medicine to solve medical mysteries.

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Episodes

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1. Fever: Then and Now

30m

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Start the course learning about the first critical step of emergency care: triage. When faced with a waiting room full of patients, how does a capable emergency department doctor decide whom to treat first? What happens when a patient's condition changes? Or when more patients show up?

2. The Challenges of Pediatrics

30m

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Dr. Benaroch takes you along with an ambulance crew to give you a three-dimensional understanding of emergency care as experienced by first responders. Topics covered in this lecture include the ABCs of a rapid scan, appropriate bystander response, and the rule of 9" for estimating burn size.

3. Struggling with Ear Pain

30m

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Welcome to the night shift at an emergency department, where anything can happen. Through the patient cases in this lecture, you'll get a deeper understanding of how emergency doctors think twice about a young man having a heart attack, a college student who is vomiting, and an elderly man who is having trouble walking.

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