A rapid review of selected paediatric emergency medicine papers from 2015, presented at the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine conference. Natalie May examines research on trauma assessment, serious infection, cardiac arrest, bronchiolitis and procedural anxiety, highlighting limitations as well as possible implications for practice.
PEM Review – PEMLit at #IAEM15 Read More
How can emergency clinicians keep up with the literature without being overwhelmed? Natalie May compares journal clubs, alerts, RSS feeds, online appraisals and social media in this 2015 overview, weighing the effort, access and critical appraisal involved in building a personal approach.
Information Overload – Keeping Up-To-Date at #RCEM15 Read More
Could an emergency department visit create an opportunity to improve longer-term health? Natalie May’s 2015 RCEM teaching notes explore behavioural economics, brief conversations, injury prevention and local public health partnerships, while considering clinicians’ own habits and the importance of respecting patients’ choices.
Better Than Cure? Public Health in the ED at #RCEM15 Read More
How can emergency clinicians protect their sleep around night shifts? This 2015 discussion explores the sleeping environment, preparation and recovery, breaks during a shift and the risks of travelling home tired, encouraging readers to reflect on how fatigue affects their health and performance.
Get the Best from Your Rest – Sleep Hygiene at St Emlyn’s Read More
This 2015 induction post and podcast explore the assessment of back pain in the emergency department. Topics include recognising serious causes, taking a neurological history, documenting examination findings and seeking senior advice, alongside symptom relief, mobility and communication with primary care.
Back Pain in the Emergency Department Read More
What counts as a normal respiratory or heart rate in a child? This 2015 appraisal examines emergency department centile data, compares published reference ranges and considers how rounded measurements and uneven age groups affect interpretation. It asks how confidently these observations can inform clinical assessment.
JC: Don’t Write off the Respiratory Rate – Part Two Read More
Persistent fast breathing in an otherwise well baby can be difficult to interpret. This 2015 review explores respiratory-rate measurement, clinical context and possible underlying causes, highlighting the importance of reassessment and follow-up when the initial examination or investigations do not explain the finding.
JC: Don’t Write off the Respiratory Rate – Part One Read More
An August 2015 overview of NICE’s draft major trauma guidance during its stakeholder consultation. The post summarises the proposed approach to airway care, bleeding, imaging, analgesia and communication, and explains how clinicians could comment; it records the consultation rather than the final or current guidance.
Major Trauma – Have your say on the NICE guidance for Major Trauma Read More
