Author: Jillian Nickerson

Jillian is currently a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellow at Children's National Medical Center after completing an Emergency Medicine Residency at Mount Sinai in New York. She is interested in improving the care of children by improving Emergency Medicine pediatric training. She has a Master's in Clinical Research and uses her research background to rigorously evaluate educational interventions. She also loves exploring the outdoors with her dog and new baby.

Hot Seat #164: Shot in the back

HPI: 14 year-old male arrives at the ED with a gunshot wound to the back. States he was hanging outside with friends when he heard shots and started to run. He heard multiple shots but felt one hit his mid back and fell down in pain. His friend immediately called 911. Denies any chest pain […]

Hot Seat #146: 3yoM with facial trauma

EMS call: 3yoM coming by ambulance for a large and deep facial laceration that occurred after he fell off the bed at home. GCS currently 15 and his vitals are otherwise normal. You decide to wait and evaluate the child on arrival. On arrival, the charge nurse pulls calls you to examine the child. EMS […]