Summary: <a href="https://i2.wp.com/littlebigmed.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-Little-Big-Med-Logo-2.png"></a>On this episode, host Jason Woods speaks with Dr. Elaine Reno, an emergency medicine physician who is also a wilderness medicine expert, about high altitude illness in pediatrics. We focus on risk factors, identification of illness, and recommendations for initial treatment.<br> Important points<br> <br> * Significant altitude illness is rare below 8000 feet<br> * Pre-verbal children DO experience high altitude illness but can be more difficult to diagnose given the difficulty in communication.<br> * Dr. Reno strongly prefers slow acclimatization for children, rather than prophylactic medication.<br> <br> Point of Care Resources<br> <br> * <a href="https://wms.org/">Wilderness Medical Society</a><br> * <a href="https://www.coloradowm.org/">Colorado Wilderness Medicine</a><br> * <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29583031">Lake Louise Acute Mountain Sickness Score</a><br> * <a href="http://www.thealtitudeexperience.com/tae-lakelouise-child.pdf">Children’s Lake Louise Score</a><br> <br> Guests<br> Elaine Reno MD – Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Section of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine<br> <br>
