RCEM Learning

How many ECG's do you see in your average shift in ED. Ensuring that your skills of interpretation are of high quality is imperative.

This is a blog and podcast produced on collaboration with St. Emlyns and the RCFN based on Professor Simon Carleys talk from the Trauma Care UK conference in Telford.

Hyperkalaemia is a common electrolyte disturbance with life threatening complications. The recognition and effective treatment is crucial in the ED. This vodcast gives a sound overview of the approach to hyperkalaemia.

Best Practice Guidelines are produced by the Royal College for important problems where there is anticipated to be little or no relevant high quality evidence.

Improving care in the ED, one department's response to the Francis report. Gavin Lloyd sums up his talk from the #RCEMBelfast conference and discusses how his department has implemented some simple but effective measures to make some real differences to the care received by their patients.

Part 2 of the eye. This vodcast looks at the bony parts of the eye and the orbit. Make sure to check out Part 1 on bits of the eye. Part 3, the bits that move the eye will be out soon. Enjoy!

This podcast covers the Best Practice Guideline on Crowding in the Emergency Department. This is a huge problem for all of us that work in Emergency Medicine and this guideline aims to help inform your management of such a situation.

This year's Douglas Chamberlain lecture at the LCAS was given by Prof. James Manning on his 25 years of research into cardiac arrest and the use of Selective Aortic Arch Perfusion in it's management.

Trauma is a significant cause of mortality worldwide, especially amongst children and young adults, with the majority of deaths occurring shortly after arrival in hospital.

We managed to grab John Hinds after his fantastic talk on airway management in the ED at the RCEM Spring CPD conference to talk through some key areas of airway management & service setup.

Day 3 of the First CPD Conference since the College went Royal

Day21 of the First CPD Conference since the College went Royal

Day 1 of the First CPD Conference since the College went Royal

Welcome to the first of a new series of podcasts that will be published on the Best Practice Guidelines.

Is there a role for the Impedance Threshold Device in hypotensive, spontaneously breathing, trauma patients?

Prehospital ECMO for refractory cardiac arrest is a mind-boggling feat when you consider the rapid response, technical ability and logistics required, so the work that is being done in Paris is groundbreaking and fascinating.

Does the use of urine drugs-of-abuse screens ever change the management of your patients in the ED? A look at the evidence behind the practice and current recommendations.

Reduced conscious level is a common finding in the ED. With a wide variety of causes a required treatments a systematic approach can make ascertaining that cause a lot easier.

The RCEM CPD event in Belfast is fast approaching. With a diverse programme, interactive sessions and some fantastic speakers from across the UK. Have a listen to this introductory podcast and don't miss out, book your place now!

This was the first year that the London Trauma Conference included a breakaway session dedicated to Trauma Nursing.

Medicine who gave the keynote speech at the motorsport medicine breakaway session and took the time to speak to me afterwards.

Here we have the second official LTC Podcast recorded live at the conference, an interview with Stefan Mazur, Consultant Emergency Physician & Prehospital Care / Retrieval Specialist; who gave several talks in the Trauma Conference and Remote Care sessions.

Authors aimed to derive and validate a Clinical Decision Rule (CDR) for suspected cardiac chest pain to risk stratify patients in the ED

In the first of my official LTC podcasts recorded live at the conference I interview Mr Doug West, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at Bristol Royal Infirmary.

Relieve pain with words only…@slemfoam tickles the surface on how.