EMJ Podcast

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the August 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/451 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: First responder communication in CBRN environments: FIRCOM-CBRN study - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/456 Impact of emergency physician exp...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the July 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/385 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Epidemiology of traumatic injuries presenting to an ED in Central Haiti: a retrospective cohort study - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the June 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/6/324 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Measurement and improvement of emergency department performance through inspection and rating: an observational study of emergency depar...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the May 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/257 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Could this be Measles? - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/310 Randomised controlled trial of simulation-based education for mechanical cardiopulm...

The Speaker Development Programme (SDP) is a prize-winning year-long curriculum aimed at developing women speakers as a step on the journey towards academic recognition. Editor-in-Chief of the Emergency Medicine Journal Professor Ellen Weber talks to Dr Dara Kass, the founder of this program. They also discuss the project FemInEm, an organisation dedicated to gender equity in emergency medicine. R...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the February 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/2/63 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: A simple clinical assessment is superior to systematic triage in prediction of mortality in the emergency department - emj.bmj.com/content/36...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the January 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, chosen by Editor-in-Chief Ellen Weber. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/36/1/1. Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: The view from here: on the other side of the curtain - emj.bmj.com/content/36/1/52 Accuracy...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the December 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, chosen by Associate Editor Mary Dawood. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/12/719 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Evaluation of the provision of helicopter emergency medical services in Europe - emj.bmj...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the November 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month chosen by Associate Editor Professor Rick Body. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/11/651 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Managing accidental hypothermia: a UK-wide survey of prehospital and search and r...

The systematic review discussed in this podcast outlines inconclusive evidence for the effectiveness of diversion strategies on emergency department use and healthcare utilisation. Dr Brian Rowe, from the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada, tells Editor-in-Chief of EMJ Professor Ellen Weber other strategies are needed to address ED overcrowding. Read the paper at http:...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the August 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/8/461 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Fluid therapy in the emergency department: an expert practice review - emj.bmj.com/content/35/8/511 Intravenous cefazolin plus oral probenecid...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the July 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, chosen by Deputy Editor, Ian K Maconochie. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/7/403 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Do EPs change their clinical behaviour in the hallway or when a companion is present? A cr...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the June 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, chosen by Associate Editor, Edward Carlton. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/341 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Editor's choice: Comparison of qSOFA with current emergency department tools for screenin...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the May 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, chosen by our Associate Editor, Caroline Leech. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/279 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Editor's choice: Lack of efficacy in a randomised trial of a brief intervention to red...

Richard Body, EMJ Deputy Editor, and Simon Carley, EMJ Associate Editor, talk through the highlights of the March 2018 edition of the journal, celebrating 50 years of the UK's Emergency Medicine. It is a special podcast presenting a collection of amazing articles that tell the story of where we have come from, where we are and where we are going. It's not all opinion though. We have some fantastic...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the February 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, picked by Simon himself. Read the primary survey here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/73 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Understanding cardiac troponin part 1: avoiding troponinitis - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/120...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the January 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, picked by Ellen Webber (Editor-in-Chief, University of California, San Francisco, USA). Read the primary survey here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/1. Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Impact of Physician Navigators on pr...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the October 2017 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, picked by Richard Body (Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK). Read the primary survey: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/633. Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: The use of whole-body computed tomo...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the August 2017 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/491 Details of the papers mentioned on this podcast can be found below: Clinical relevance of pharmacist intervention in an emergency department - emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/495 Developing a decision rule to optimise...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the July 2017 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/7/427 Details of the papers mentioned on this podcast can be found below: The key to resilient individuals is to build resilient and adaptive systems - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/7/428 Emergency medicine: what...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the June 2017 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, starting with T-MACS, ROC curves, the demand for mental health care in emergency medicine, pain scales for children and more. Read the primary survey here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/6/347 Details of the papers mentioned on this podcast can be found below: Troponin-onl...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the May 2017 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, starting with pregnancy problems: the management of severely injured or ill pregnant patients. Read the primary survey here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/5/271. Details of the papers mentioned on this podcast can be found below: Management of pregnancy and obstetric compl...

Almost 90% of the survivors of human trafficking interact with healthcare professionals and emergency medicine clinicians are the first to see them most of the times. Hanni Stoklosa, an Emergency Physician in Boston, USA, tells EMJ’s Editor-in-Chief Ellen Weber why and how we can detect victims of “modern day slavery". More information available at the website healtrafficking.org. Please visit the...

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the April edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, with a special focus on organ donation. Read the primary survey here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/4/201. Details of the papers mentioned on this podcast can be found below. Critical care in the Emergency Department: organ donation: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/4/256. Withd...

Simon Carley discusses the March's issue of EMJ. The highlights include cricoid pressure, pain, measuring weight, ambulances and the h-index. The discussed papers are as follows: Put pressure on the cricoid pressure - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/3/128 Effect of cricoid pressure on laryngeal view during prehospital tracheal intubation: a propensity-based analysis - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/3...