Author name: Iain Beardsell

Prof Iain Beardsell. MBChB (Birm), DipIMC (RCS Ed), FRCEM, SFHEA is section lead for podcasts and an Editorial Board Member St Emlyn’s blog and podcast. He is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at University Hospital Southampton and Honorary Professor of Medical Education at University of Southampton. Iain qualified in 1998 and over the past 20 years has trained and practiced medicine in major teaching hospitals both in the UK and overseas. He has been a consultant at University Hospital Southampton for the past eighteen years, including a three-year term as the unit’s Clinical Director. UHS is the main Major Trauma Centre for the South Coast region of England as well as the eighth largest hospital in the UK. With a significant and growing interest in medical school education, Iain is the Associate Clinical Sub Dean at UHS and the Creator of MedPod Learn - a medical podcast app and was recently made a Professor of Medical Education. An acclaimed speaker, Iain has spoken at international conferences in Australia, Ireland, Austria, Germany, Spain, Sweden and the US as well as across the UK. He is increasingly known as a conference host. Iain is also a highly regarded advisor to television medical dramas, including Casualty and Good Karma Hospital. You will find him on instagram and tiktok as @docibinsta

Month;y Podcast Update July 2024

Podcast – July 2024 Round-Up

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The July 2024 podcast round-up covers MACS chest pain scores, AI-assisted ECG interpretation, non-fatal strangulation and prehospital partial REBOA. Paediatric topics include eating disorders, hybrid closed-loop insulin pumps and button battery ingestion, alongside discussion of a lidocaine patch feasibility study for rib fractures.

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The Monthly podcast from St Emlyn's for June 2024 - Nebulised Ketamine, Risky Intubations, Better Presentations, DSED, Preoxygenation and more

Podcast – June 2024 Monthly Round Up – Nebulised Ketamine, Risky Intubations, Better Presentations, DSED, Preoxygenation and more

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The June 2024 podcast round-up discusses nebulised ketamine, intubation risks, defibrillation strategies and preoxygenation, including the PREOXI trial. It also considers how to give better presentations and how research findings translate into practice when equipment and local routines differ.

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A blog post discussing Smoking cessation in the ED

Cessation of Smoking Trial in the Emergency Department (COSTED): A Critical Appraisal

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Could an emergency department visit be an opportunity to help someone stop smoking? This appraisal examines the COSTED randomised trial of brief advice, an e-cigarette starter kit and referral, alongside its quit-rate findings and the staffing and resources needed to offer the intervention.

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