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Migration Migraine

An asylum seeker presents to the ED with a chronic headache prompting questions of finance, logistics and follow up from the staff.
  • PEM Induction

Child Abuse – PEM Induction

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?"
  • SBA

Burnout and Moral Injury

Burnout is increasing – but is it what you think?
  • Blog

Burnout

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.
  • Blog

Burn-ED

I didn’t realise I was burned out until I was properly scorched. I’d been close before, but thought I was doing ok this time.
  • Blog

Acting like a Boss

So you are thinking of acting up? CONGRATULATIONS - it means the end of your training is in sight. According to the RCEM guidance, you would need to have passed FRCEM and be in the final year of training, so you're nearly over the finish line.
  • Blog

Hypnosis and EM

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.
  • Blog

Email Management

Information overload is everywhere. With so many different methods of communicating, it is really easy for important facts to get lost in the noise. I think we all have a responsibility to make this better and easier, and I think we can make email work with a few changes
  • Induction Module

The ED Rota… and rest! – Induction

You are about to embark on one of the most challenging rotas of your career. I mean, let’s be honest, for many of you, you will consider this the worst rota of your career
  • Podcast

May 2020

May 2020 podcast featuring Dan Simmons on Leadership, New in EM Ultralong IV Cannula with ultrasound, AKI Guidelines, New in EM Hypothermia in non shock rhythms
  • Podcast

March 2020

This month we have split the podcast into two sections. The first has New in EM WBCT for cardiac arrest and Critical care update Part 1. The 2nd part is a complete feature on COVID19
  • Blog

The ABC of Self-Harm in Young People – A Psychiatric Approach to Resuscitation

Why is this a hot topic? It is a sign of serious distress. It is common. It is strongly associated with suicide. Suicide is one of commonest causes death in young people. 200% increase in self harm 1985-1995. If ever you have the opportunity to save a young persons life - it is now.
  • Blog

TAKE STOCK – Hot Debrief

Medical student Max Sugarman tells RCEMLearning what triggered him to work on a hot debrief tool and how he went about implementing it.
  • Blog

Responding to Complaints

Answering complaints is an important role of the Emergency Department Consultant and it's now part of the RCEM management portfolio. We've made a few suggestions about how to answer complaints but everyone will have their own tips, so feel free to leave a comment or two.
  • Learning Session

The Mental Health Act and Emergency Medicine

Approximately 10% of all admissions to the Emergency Department (ED) are related to patients having a mental health crisis.  With the ever increasing numbers of patients requiring mental health input, it is important that we understand the law that underpins our treatment (RCEM, 2018)
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Child Abuse

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?".
  • Blog

I’m not burnt out, I’m just tired

Having successfully landed an ST4 training post, I start my first job in a small, yet busy, rural ED in Merseyside. I am excited and enthusiastic about this new training job and I enjoy exchanging stories with my colleagues who later fill me in on all things e-portfolio
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DFTB17 – A Conference I Won’t Forget

As soon as I found out that the Don't Forget the Bubbles team were organising a conference, I wanted to go to it.
  • Blog

Emergency Casebook 4: It’s Cold Outside

This is the fifth in a series of Emergency Casebooks from the virtual hospital CFN General, with key learning points for staff working in an Emergency Department
  • Podcast

RCEM Guideline; Information sharing & Community Violence

This podcast covers the Best Practice Guideline on Information Sharing to Prevent Community Violence, which can be found along with all the other guidelines on the main RCEM site.
  • Blog

Emergency Casebook 1: A bit unsteady after a night out

This is the first in a series of Emergency Casebooks from the virtual hospital CFN General, with key learning points for staff working in an Emergency Department

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