You are working on a rapid response vehicle (RRV) as a part of a PHEM-rotation and attend a ‘red’ call: “3-year-old cardiac arrest. Unsupervised child fallen into outdoor pond. Not breathing. Not resp…
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.…
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.…
TERN Top Papers September 2021
TERN Top Papers for September 2021. This month’s topic is cardiac arrest…
Penetrating Thoracic Trauma
A 21-year old male has been stabbed outside of a night-club.…
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…
Industrial Chemical Incidents
Chemical incidents usually happen following leaks, explosions or fires in industrial settings…
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.…
Radiation Exposure
Radiation can be subdivided into two categories – ionizing and non-ionizing, both of which have an effect on human tissue…
Blast Injuries
Barotrauma refers to physical damage to body tissues by changes in ambient pressure…
London CPD Conference 2017
The 2017 RCEM CPD conference was held in central London in April 2017. There was a great selection of speakers and we had the good fortune to capture a few interviews with some of the speakers…