Rapid and severe neurologic deterioration due to influenza associated encephalopathy in a healthy child.

Rapid neurologic deterioration is rare in healthy school age children, particularly in the absence of trauma or toxic exposure. Hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke, infectious etiologies and metabolic causes must be emergently considered. We present the clinical details of a previously well child with two days of mild viral symptoms who progressed from playful and active to severe neurologic injury over the course of eight hours.

Low Fidelity Trainer for Fiberoptic Scope Use in the Emergency Department.

Audience: The low fidelity trainer for fiberoptic scope is designed to train emergency medicine (EM) residents PGY I-IV, and medical students interested in EM.

Introduction: Fiberoptic intubation is a skill that Emergency Medicine (EM) providers should be familiar with, though it is a rarely encountered procedure in the clinical setting. Approximately 1% of endotracheal intubations are performed using fiberoptic intubation.