Answering complaints is an important role of the Emergency Department Consultant and it’s now part of the RCEM management portfolio. We’ve made a few suggestions about how to answer compla…
Do away with the Heartache – ECGs in Children
ECGs can be challenging, right? And so can children. Add the two together and..arrghh – Paediatric ECGs!!…
Human Factors ebook
Human factors is a hot topic. Weve got *loads* of resources on this, so we thought wed put some together in an iBook!…
Assessing (de)Hydration in Children
When I was asked to talk about assessment of (de)hydration in children, about 6 months ago now, I accepted without a second thought. “How hard could it be?”, I guessed, “I do this ev…
Feedback with Simon Carley – Learning from the EMEC
June has come round again and it can only mean one thing: the Emergency Medicine Educator’s conference has come and gone and if you missed this year’s then you can follow it on twitter at …
Simulation Overview
Immersive manikin simulation is a popular teaching modality in healthcare, with lots of tips everywhere. It’s so popular RCEM does have a simulation committee, and regional leads have been appoi…
Aortic Dissection
About 1 year ago, Pam, a 62-year-old, recently retired teacher, fit, well & active, suffered sudden onset of severe ripping pain in her chest & upper abdomen…
Medical Gases in ED
Medical gases are something used every day in the emergency setting, both pre-hospital and in-hospital, whether it be oxygen, medical air, or nitrous oxide. Each of these gases have their part to play…
“Acute Stress” and Resilience
In simulation scenarios, people often say that they felt “stressed”. So, how do we manage this “acute stress”?…
Minor Injuries – upper limb
Our hands are important. The sensory information they collect and their ability to co-ordinate complex movements allow us to explore and physically interact with our environment…
Trauma ibook – an introduction
This iBook is structured according to the ATLS 10th edition chapters. Why have we done this when ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) is often considered “archaic” and not to be recommended…
The 3Cs of Paediatrics
It’s Friday evening and you’re at work in the ED (where else would you rather be??). Jack is a 15 year old boy who has taken an overdose of paracetamol a couple of hours ago. He texted his…
A Brief(ish) Guide to Blogging for RCEMLearning
Potential bloggers have frequently asked the RCEMLearning team for a template or some kind of formal guidance about how to write blogs…
Tropical Diseases
Next to be seen is a 35 year old male, returned from Ghana, presenting with muscle pain, headaches, a history of fever and diarrhoea…
Cardiac Arrest in the Pregnant Patient
Cardiac arrest in pregnancy is a potential presentation to the emergency department. If it happens, you are likely to be cognitively overloaded.…
New Years Quiz for Emergency Clinicians
Happy 2019! Your RCEMLearning blog team is so excited that 2019 is finally here, and as we couldn’t control our excitement, we’ve released an extra early blog to celebrate…
Scrooge-ED: an Alternative Christmas Carol
Christmas Eve. Late shift. Dr Ebenezer Scrooge, FRCEM, had just managed to escape to his office. The evening had been spent, predictably, swimming in a sea of elderly patients presenting “off le…
Paediatric Seizures
The seizing child is truly a scary thing to behold. If you work in the Paediatric ED, you will, at some stage, come across a child who has had a seizure, is recovering from a seizure, or is actively s…
Managing Educational Supervision
Educational supervision has come under scrutiny the last few years. People are no longer automatically deemed to be good supervisors when they hit consultant level.…
Learning Difficulties in the ED
Before my daughter came along I knew very few people with learning disabilities. Of course I saw people with LD at work, but I’m afraid I was pretty ignorant of the issues they faced and didn…