Many years ago, when I was working as a registrar in Emergency Medicine and starting my PhD, my supervisor (a social scientist) got me to think about the assumptions I
We see a lot of patients with mechanisms of injury and/or clinical signs that suggest a spinal column injury. Should you image the whole spine or just the areas that
TTL tips 19: Find one spinal injury – look for another. Read More
Syncope is one of those presentations that can be both straightforward and remarkably difficult. In many patients the history gives us a pretty convincing diagnosis of vasovagal or orthostatic syncope,
ASPIRED: Ambulatory ECG Monitoring After Unexplained Syncope Read More
Manual pressure augmentation reduces transthoracic impedance during defibrillation, but does that translate into better outcomes? We review the AUGMENT-VA randomised trial and revisit our previous BestBET on this intervention.
Next April, the RCEM Annual Conference comes to Manchester, and I’d really like to encourage colleagues from across the UK, and especially our friends and colleagues from around the world, to come and join us.
RCEM Manchester 2027: Come and join us Read More
Good listening strengthens patient safety, trust and teamwork—but distraction makes it increasingly difficult. Explore the five levels of listening and practical ways healthcare professionals can become more attentive, empathic listeners.
Communication Series – Listening. Read More
The ghost jam Have you ever noticed how a traffic jam can form on a motorway despite no breakdowns, accidents or road closures? A small perturbation downstream, such as a
Ghost jams and the seams between the Model UEC papers Read More
Peri-intubation cardiovascular collapse occurred in over 40% of critically ill patients in the INTUBE cohort. Propofol was the only potentially modifiable factor consistently associated with collapse—but this remains observational evidence.
What should this mean for emergency and prehospital RSI?
JC: Peri-intubation cardiovascular collapse in critically ill patients. Read More
