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Domestic Violence

12% of ED attendances are related to domestic abuse. ED physicians are in a unique position to identify these cases.
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Helicopter Safety and Familiarisation

In undertaking emergency medical or rescue work the helicopter and its crew may operate under difficult conditions but safety must underpin all missions. This module covers aspects of helicopter safety, in particular the dangers associated with working with rotary-winged aircraft.
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Helicopter Safety and Familiarisation

In undertaking emergency medical or rescue work the helicopter and its crew may operate under difficult conditions but safety must underpin all missions. This session covers aspects of helicopter safety, in particular the dangers associated with working with rotary-winged aircraft.
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November 2024

This month we have an ASC Megamix 2024.
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Pre-Hospital Communication

This session covers the principal modalities used in pre-hospital communication.
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Pre-Hospital Communication

This module covers the principal modalities used in pre-hospital communication.
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Screening in the Emergency Department – Guideline

Best practice advice on how Emergency Departments should implement screening programmes and balance these with the need to assess and treat acute illness and injury.
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Not Another Hyperemesis

This case discusses a young woman who presents to the ED at 11/40 gestation with intractable vomiting and altered mental status for three days.
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Information Sharing to Tackle Community Violence

This session describes the processes around Information Sharing to Tackle Community Violence. It also describes some of the responsibilities of emergency clinicians around confidentiality when looking after victims of violence.
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Information Sharing to Tackle Community Violence

This module describes the processes around Information Sharing to Tackle Community Violence. It also describes some of the responsibilities of emergency clinicians around confidentiality when looking after victims of violence.
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Public Health in the Emergency Department Series #2

This is the second blog in our public health series. Keep your eyes peeled for more public health goodness to follow in future blogs.
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I’m all out of breath

32-year-old presents to Resus with multiple stab wounds and breathlessness.
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PHEM: A day as a Prehospital Emergency Medicine observer

EM/PHEM resuscitation during an observer shift
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Major Incident Management

An explosion has occurred at a nearby chemical plant and your emergency department is the nearest healthcare facility. Are you ready to handle this major incident?
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#PEM23

Nikki Abela and Liz Herrieven have treated themselves to the RCEM PEM Conference in Manchester on 21/3/2023 – World Down Syndrome Day. Put on your #LotsOfSocks for the day and have a read to see what they learned.
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Radiation Exposure

Radiation can be subdivided into two categories - ionizing and non-ionizing, both of which have an effect on human tissue
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Body Packers

A young man is brought to your ED by police. They suspect he has concealed drugs internally and want you to perform an intimate search and x-ray.
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The Bittersweet Cocktail

A 45-year-old female attended the ED after taking an intentional antifreeze overdose.
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Black & Blue: Inflicted (non-accidental) Injury

The unspoken disease of inflicted, non-accidental injury in children.
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Future-Proofing PEM

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.
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Unwanted Behaviours

Do we always behave as we should?
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Sexual Assault Aftercare in the Emergency Department

This session outlines a standardised approach to providing care for a haemodynamically normal patient presenting following rape or sexual assault.
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Decompression Illness

Diving-related problems can present in many ways and their appropriate and timely management is essential for good outcomes and patient safety.
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Decompression Illness

Diving-related problems can present in many ways and their appropriate and timely management is essential for good outcomes and patient safety.
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Antifreeze. To drink or not to drink?

A 20-year-old female was brought into the ED as a pre-alert call. She had been found unresponsive in her room at a psychiatric unit.
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Inclusion Health in the ED

An interactive learning session covering the relevance of Inclusion Health to ED.
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Inclusion Health in the ED

An interactive learning session covering the relevance of Inclusion Health to ED.
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The patient who absconds

How will you manage the absconding patient?
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The missing patient who absconded

How will you manage your absconding patient with suicidal intent who has gone ‘absent without leave’?
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Patients at risk of absconding

How will you manage the absconding patient?
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The role of the MARACS in managing domestic abuse

Learn more about the Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACS) and their role managing in domestic abuse.
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Revise your Resuscitation: The Drowning Child

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 responsive”.
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Managing Domestic Abuse in the ED

12% of ED attendances are related to domestic abuse. How will you identify & manage these cases?
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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.
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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.
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TERN Top Papers September 2021

TERN Top Papers for September 2021. This month’s topic is cardiac arrest
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Penetrating Thoracic Trauma

A 21-year old male has been stabbed outside of a night-club.
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Industrial Chemical Incidents

Chemical incidents usually happen following leaks, explosions or fires in industrial settings
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Triage in Mass Casualty Situations

This session covers the importance of, and methods of performing triage in mass casualty situations.
  • Blog

An Incidentally Major Event – Memories of a Sleepy Mind

I was on a night shift, in a major trauma centre, still an ST3 at the time. We were actually having a nice night shift in not so cold weather. There was still a little flow of patients, we had some room in resus and our minors area was pretty empty. Some may even brave the "Q" word.
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Boxing, and Facial Injuries

Using Emergency Medicine skills as a Boxing Ringside Doctor.
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Triage in Mass Casualty Situations

This session covers the importance of, and methods of performing triage in mass casualty situations.
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The Pelvis Puzzle: Pelvic Trauma

What will you do when called to attend a trauma call for a motorcyclist with a suspected pelvis problem?
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Major Incidents 2: Incident Plans

In this article, we'll look at a typical major incident plan and what it contains
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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.
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Major Incidents Part 1

So what is a major incident? Simply put, it is any incident that requires an extraordinary response from health services - ambulance services, primary care, community services and hospital Trusts

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