This was originally published as part of the medical student iBook. We’ve reproduced it here with some additions as we think it’s great, and as much as this is written from a medical student perspecti…
This was originally published as part of the medical student iBook. We’ve reproduced it here with some additions as we think it’s great, and as much as this is written from a medical student perspecti…
A 45-year-old man develops methemoglobinemia after an incidence of eating his own faeces.…
We’ve talked a lot in RCEMLearning blogs about how to recognise death in ED and how to break bad news, but we haven’t really focused on how to legally “declare” someone as dead, and complete the relev…
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?…
A delayed presentation after trauma with an increasing joint swelling, what gives?…
We’ve written this blog to emphasise some of the key points around risk, highlight some common terminology, and point out some common misunderstandings.…
In this article I use the word “vulnerable” to imply an individual at risk for an enhanced need of special care, support, or protection because of age, disability, or risk of abuse or negl…
Your department is crowded with multiple ambulances arriving, very few empty clinical spaces and multiple boarded patients due to exit block.…
Improved flow is the current golden bullet, the saviour of ED, in the NHS – the key to unlocking the issues with the health service in its current state of crisis. But how is flow achieved?…
The unspoken disease of inflicted, non-accidental injury in children.…
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.…
Recap of the ASC 2022 conference…
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.…
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.…
An asylum seeker presents to the ED with a chronic headache prompting questions of finance, logistics and follow up from the staff.…
The dark side of PEM, and what should also be on your differential diagnosis for any patient you are seeing is: “was this inflicted” and “is there something more?”…
Burnout is increasing – but is it what you think?…
Bullying is something that an unacceptably high number of healthcare workers will experience. Despite priding itself in being a friendly specialty with a flattened hierarchy, those working in emergenc…
Complaints are unfortunately common – but how do you reply to them?…
Research has shown that overcrowded EDs are less safe for the patients they care for.…