Those who have never visited a hospital emergency room, especially at night, have fortunately missed what can be a very eye opening experience. Actually that is one of several reasons why pediatric patients need their own emergency care space. Join Dr. Thad Woodard for a discussion about the new Providence pediatric emergency facility on this program.
HOST:Â Dr. Thad Woodard
GUEST:
- Sandra Horning, MD, pediatric emergency medicine specialist and Director Providence Alaska Medical Center Pediatric ER
- Holly Legere, Child Life Specialist, Providence Alaska Medical Center
LINKS:
- Link to Newsweek article about child health specialists
- Short video of Duke Health pediatric emergency specialist discussing pediatric emergency care
- Short video of the day in the life of a pediatric ER nurse
- Providence earns Comprehensive Pediatric Emergency Care Facility certification
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LIVE BROADCAST: Monday, March 5, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. AKDT
REPEAT BROADCAST:  Monday, March 5, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. AKDT
DR. WOODARD’S FAVORITE HEALTH AND SCIENCE LINKS:
- This is a good site to start with, if you want to learn how to find reliable health information on the internet
- Mayo Clinic
- Cleveland Clinic
- MedlinePlus
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HealthyChildren.org
- Denying to the Grave:Â Why We Ignore Facts That Will Save Us
- American College of Allergy,  Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)
- Science Based Medicine
- Quackwatch
- Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit and common logical fallacies
- Michael Shermer’s suggestion for Baloney Detection: How to draw boundaries between science and pseudoscience
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