This podcast presents a basic overview of the Pediatric Advanced Life Support protocol from the 2015 American Heart Association guidelines. It will review basics of pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation, bag-mask ventilation, advanced airways, defibrillation and post-cardiac arrest care. This episode was written by Colin Siu, a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Melissa Chan, a pediatric emergency physician and Clinical Lecturer at the University of Alberta and Stollery Children’s Hospital. 

This is the final podcast in a three-part series on inborn errors of metabolism.  Part 1 can be found here, and Part 2 here. This podcast reviews large molecule metabolic diseases including glycogen storage diseases, lysosomal and peroxisomal diseases and mucopolysaccharidoses. This episode was written by Dr. Dustin Jacobson, a 2nd year pediatrics resident from the University of Toronto and Dr.

This podcast is the second in a three-part series on inborn errors of metabolism.  Part 1 can be found here, and Part 3 can be found here. This podcast reviews a wide range of small molecule diseases including amino and organic acidemias, urea cycle disorders, fatty acid oxidation defects, carbohydrate metabolism defects, mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation disorders, purine and pyrimidine metabolism disorders and pyruvate metabolism disorders.

This podcast is the first in a three-part series on inborn errors of metabolism.  Part 2 can be found here and the Part 3 can be found here. This podcast develops a general approach to inborn errors of metabolism, reviewing basic epidemiology, presentations, and inital investigations and management. This episode was written by Dr. Dustin Jacobson, a 2nd year pediatrics resident from the University of Toronto and Dr.

This episode presents an approach to eating disorders in the pediatric population.  Listeners will learn about the epidemiology and clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, possible complications, and management of eating disorders in children and adolescents.  The podcast was written by Rhea D’Costa, a medical student at McMaster University, and Dr. Jennifer Couturier, an Assistant Professor with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University.

This episode discusses sleep physiology and common sleep disorders in children. By the end of the podcast, you should be able to describe sleep physiology and stages, list the sleep needs for different age groups, describe the best practices for sleep hygiene and understand common sleep disorders. This podcast was written by Nikytha Antony, a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Joanna MacLean. Dr. Joanna MacLean is a pediatric respirologist and a sleep medicine specialist at the University of Alberta.