Please Don’t Hurt Me!

Kids, pain, and the emergency department can be a set up for disaster. In this podcast, three pediatric specialists get into why that is and how we can all be better at treating kids in pain. Tag us on social media, @empulsepodcast, or reach out via email [email protected], or connect through our website, ucdavisem.com. Encourage your friends and colleagues to listen and share their perspective, too! ***Please rate us and leave us a review on iTunes! It helps us reach more people.*** Hosts: Dr. Julia Magaña, Associate Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at UC Davis Dr. Sarah Medeiros, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at UC Davis Guests: Kimberly Wheatley, RN, UC Davis Pediatric Nurse Katheryn Finan, UC Davis Child Life Specialist Resources: The Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award (U07MC37471) totaling $3M with 0 percent financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov. Email [email protected] Follow on Twitter @EMSCImprovement References: EIIC Pediatric Pain toolkit Goyal MK, Johnson TJ, Chamberlain JM, Cook L, Webb M, Drendel AL, Alessandrini E, Bajaj L, Lorch S, Grundmeier RW, Alpern ER; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE APPLIED RESEARCH NETWORK (PECARN). Racial and Ethnic Differences in Emergency Department Pain Management of Children With Fractures. Pediatrics. 2020 May;145(5):e20193370. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-3370. Epub 2020 Apr 20. PMID: 32312910; PMCID: PMC7193974. Johnson TJ, Weaver MD, Borrero S, Davis EM, Myaskovsky L, Zuckerbraun NS, Kraemer KL. Association of race and ethnicity with management of abdominal pain in the emergency department. Pediatrics. 2013 Oct;132(4):e851-8. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-3127. Epub 2013 Sep 23. PMID: 24062370; PMCID: PMC4074647.