A 32-year-old man presents to the ED with RUQ, tachycardia and diarrhoea after starting a new herbal supplement for weight loss.
A 32-year-old man presents to the ED with RUQ, tachycardia and diarrhoea after starting a new herbal supplement for weight loss.
The principles of how to safely perform invasive procedures in the Emergency Department, including the use of checklists.
Principles of consent in view of recent case law
This is the third of our public health series blogs. Keep your eyes peeled for more public health topics to follow in future blogs.
This is the second blog in our public health series. Keep your eyes peeled for more public health goodness to follow in future blogs.
This is the first of our public health series blogs. Keep your eyes peeled for a few more public health topics over the next few weeks.
Starting from scratch to turn your ED green is a challenge. When I took on the sustainability lead in our department recently, it took me a few months to work out where to start and how to make things change. I thought it would be useful to share some of the things I have learned along the way.
What do we do if we are made aware of an incident?
How do we investigate a serious incident and write a report?
How do we share the learning?
We’ve written this blog to emphasise some of the key points around risk, highlight some common terminology, and point out some common misunderstandings.
Human Factors is a term that’s often used when talking about events that happen in the ED, and many people, including us, had a lack of awareness of the full scope of human factors, and how it applies to emergency medicine.
Where does PEM fit in with EM? Children make up about 25-30% of attendances to mixed EDs nationally, so all EM consultants must possess at least basic paediatric skills.
This month Susie and Rajesh talk about Emergency Physicians experience of stress during resuscitation and strategies for mitigating the effects of stress on performance.
Preparing for exams and trying to find an SBA on organ donation?
The law around organ donation has changed; refresh your knowledge with this SBA.
A 79-year-old male was admitted to the Clinical Decisions Unit (CDU) following a fall. Was he kept safe?
In May 2021, as we emerged from the second wave of Covid in the UK, we felt the time was right to make a change. Covid had highlighted significant racial health inequalities.
This session will explain what is meant by the term Human Factors and describe how Human Factors affect Patient Safety.
This session will explain what is meant by the term Human Factors and describe how Human Factors affect Patient Safety.
If we told you we knew of a medical practice that’s been around since the 18th century, with a strong evidence base, that can be utilised by any emergency physician, for the majority of patients (and colleagues), that’s free to deliver, costing only time, you’d probably think we were deluded. We’re not… it’s hypnosis.
This session deals with the critical appraisal of a key randomised controlled trial. The study concerns two treatments for the management of hand lacerations
Noel discusses Colles type distal radial fractures undergoing manipulation in the ED A multicentre observational cohort study