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Episode 38 — Basic First Aid Skills Every Parent Needs to Know

Dr. Katie Giordano, a pediatric emergency physician, joins host Dr. Bracho-Sanchez to explore what to do when your child gets injured. They discuss treating cuts and scrapes, head injuries after a fall, what to do if a tooth gets knocked out, assembling a first aid kit and what to look for when choosing a CPR class.

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Katie Giordano, DO, FAAP

Dr. Katie Giordano is a member of the AAP Section on Emergency Medicine and Council on Children and Disasters. She is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Nemours Children's Health Delaware. She has also served as the medical advisor for pediatric disaster and surge planning for the Delaware Department of Health as part of the Delaware Healthcare Preparedness Coalition. Dr. Giordano leads the hospital team on the Pediatric Pandemic Networks Disaster Network Collaborative and Disaster Response Collaborative. In her spare time, she can be found at various sporting or theater activities. with her husband and 3 children.


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Music credits:

Theme music composed by Doug Nagel.

The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and not necessarily those of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Support for this episode of Pediatrics On Call comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Last Updated
4/17/2025
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The information contained on this Web site should not be used as a substitute for the medical care and advice of your pediatrician. There may be variations in treatment that your pediatrician may recommend based on individual facts and circumstances.
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