💡 Take-home: Integrating broad-scale gonorrhea & chlamydia screening into ED care—especially with targeted decision support—can catch more STIs earlier in teens.
#Screening #PedsED #STIs
4 y/o: “Does your stethoscope work on adults, too?”
Apparently, I need the grown-up model.
#PedsED #KidsSayTheBestStuff
4 y/o: “Only glitter Band-Aids, please. The plain ones don’t work.”
Honestly? Same.
#PedsED #FunnyKids
We may be the first—and only—point of contact for a teen struggling with substances. Every shift is an opportunity.
#PedsED
“Alcohol intoxication” is a clinical label—but behind it may be trauma, depression, or anxiety. Don’t stop at the surface.
#PedsED #MentalHealth
Peds night shift is just a rave for sick toddlers.
Lights down, heart rates up, someone’s crying, and nobody knows what day it is.
#PedsED #NightShiftChronicles
Today a 4-year-old called my otoscope “the ear flashlight.”
Medical device rebranding courtesy of preschoolers.
#PedsED #KidsSayTheBestStuff
“You should get a glitter one,” said my 4-year-old patient, judging my stethoscope. Honestly? Valid critique.
#PedsED #ClinicianLife
Today’s deep question from a 5-year-old:
“Do you get paid in stickers?”
Me: “No.”
Her: “Then WHY would you do this job??”
Honestly, it’s a fair question.
#PedsED #ClinicianLife #StickerEconomy