Handover of critical care patients carries significant potential risk. Misunderstanding, misinterpretation or omitted information can have significant adverse impact on patient outcome.…
Handover; skills to enhancing the PHEM – EM interface
Handover of critical care patients carries significant potential risk. Misunderstanding, misinterpretation or omitted information can have significant adverse impact on patient outcome.…
Penetrating Thoracic Trauma
A 21-year old male has been stabbed outside of a night-club.…
PHEM Trauma
Your receive a pre-alert call from the air ambulance team who are bringing a 32-year-old male who has sustained a single stab wound to the epigastrium whilst outside a pub…
Pre-Hospital Communication
This session will cover the principal modalities used in pre-hospital communication.…
Pre-Hospital Communication
This session will cover the principal modalities used in pre-hospital communication…
Lightning Learning
During Summer storms, lightning strikes can cause fatalities …but what happens to the survivors?…
Feeling Blue?
A pre-alert is received for a patient being brought in after being found in the sea by bystanders. The patient is conscious with a temp of 34 degrees Celsius…
Boxing, and Facial Injuries
Last April saw the England Boxing National Amateur Championships held in Nottingham. As a member of the England Boxing Medical Committee I was invited to sit ringside for the tournament as the Ringsid…
Helicopter Safety and Familiarisation
This session covers aspects of helicopter safety, in particular the dangers associated with working with rotary-winged aircraft.…
Triage in Mass Casualty Situations
This session covers the importance of, and methods of performing triage in mass casualty situations.…
Decompression Illness
Diving-related problems can present in many ways and their appropriate and timely management is essential for good outcomes and patient safety.…
Bee careful kids
A stinging tale of paediatric anaphylaxis, with the added buzzzz of pre-hospital emergency care.…
Decompression Illness
Diving-related problems can present in many ways and their appropriate and timely management is essential for good outcomes and patient safety.…
The Pelvis Puzzle
What will you do when called to attend a trauma call for a motorcyclist with a suspected pelvis problem?…
May 2019 Podcast
This month we have a discussion on the Manchester Bombing | Scribes in the ED | TERN TIRED | PTX and haemothorax in the CT era | Horse Trauma | Roc Rocks – ED RSI with Rocuronium or Suxamethoniu…
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…
EMTA 2018 prize winners
Research in Emergency Medicine ranges in scale and complexity and covers a wide spectrum of subjects, all of which contribute to our overall knowledge base…
To tube or not to tube? That is the question. The AIRWAYS-2 TRIAL
The AIRWAYS-2 trial compared the effectiveness of i-gel supraglottic airways (SGA) with endotracheal intubation (TI) in the initial airway management of adult patients in non-traumatic out of hospital…
January 2019
Podcast for January 2019…