EMJ March 2020 – Key occupational stressors in the ED

There are many components of looking after overseas doctors. Many of them are intuitive and seem common sense, but our experience suggests the basics are often done poorly. We define an overseas doctors as a doctor who has trained, and probably worked, abroad who is embarking on a new healthcare career in the NHS.

Burnout is a specific term used to describe one aspect of mental health. Much research has been done on the mental health and wellbeing of emergency teams.

This month we have a slightly different format. Andy and Dave are here with 3 New in EM and Becky and Chris join us for a guideline review. We discuss Are you learning from Podcasts While Driving?, metoclopramide for post traumatic headache, EM Pain Management and Awareness and paralysis with intubation in the ED