Rcem Learning

What does the presence of dipstick haematuria mean to you in the context of blunt abdominal trauma? This podcast investigates a recent paper on the topic and discusses its utility.

When you assess your patient you need to take a good focussed history, make a thorough examination focussing on evidence of respiratory failure/distress and make an assessment to the hydration status of the child, whilst thinking about and taking steps to discount other diagnoses such as pneumonia and Viral Wheeze.

Andy’s 4th podcast on the eye

It is most useful in the non-shockable side of the algorithm and can be an aid when considering the 4 Hs and the 4 Ts of the ALS Algorithm

Here’s what went on at the fantastic RCEM ’15 Annual Conference in Manchester on the final day

Here’s what went on at the fantastic RCEM ’15 Annual Conference in Manchester on Day 2

Here’s what went on at the fantastic RCEM ’15 Annual Conference in Manchester on Day 1

Urine testing potentially isn’t the most glamorous of topics but it’s an area which there’s a HUGE scope for us improving on.

Traumatic Cardiac arrest is a stressful and time critical presentation to the ED. You need to have a solid structure in your mind for how to deal with it in a safe and effective manner.

The Returning Traveller is designed to give junior ED clinicians the tools needed to safely manage these patients who attend more often – and more unwell – than we think.

So here is a guide to the new NICE pneumonia guidelines that were published in December 2014, I hope you find it useful.

There’s no doubt that a case of sepsis will pass through your ED in the next hour or so.

SMACC-US was phenomenal! An amazing event, superb education, great networking, and fantastic hospitality. Here’s a brief overview of some highlights.

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.

Soft tissue infections are bread and butter cases for the EM clinician. Adrian Boyle gives an overview of the main take home points from his talk on just this topic at the #RCEMBelfast Conference.

James Harding, Consultant at UHCW in Interventional Radiology, gives an overview of his talk from the Trauma Care Conference in Telford on Interventional Radiology (IR) in Trauma.

Resus Officers – They know how to run an arrest, it’s what they do and they are all very experienced at it.

Athletes in the ED, my ED, we hardly ever see them……..or so you might think. Actually the definition of an athlete means you come across them far more often than you may first have thought.

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.

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.