Short video summaries from the opening day of the College of Emergency Medicine’s 2014 Exeter conference. The selection spans emergency airway management, clinical judgement, FOAMed, temperature management after cardiac arrest, sepsis, stroke and blood gas testing, sharing speakers’ reflections shortly after their presentations.
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In this 2014 guest post, Mark Wilson explains the origins of GoodSAM: connecting nearby trained responders with emergencies before an ambulance arrives. He describes the thinking behind the app, its early defibrillator mapping and questions about responder participation, registration and indemnity during the project’s development.
Free Open Access RESUSCITATION – the GoodSamApp with Mark Wilson Read More
Does a lack of evidence for benefit mean paramedic trauma training does not work? This 2014 critique of a Cochrane review examines its small, dated and methodologically limited evidence base, distinguishing uncertainty about educational interventions from a justification for withdrawing investment in training.
JC: Is there any point teaching paramedics? St.Emlyn’s Read More
An introduction to planning sample size and understanding statistical power, linking effect size, precision and the risks of false positive and false negative results. Worked examples cover continuous outcomes, proportions and diagnostic accuracy studies, helping readers understand the assumptions behind calculations and ask better questions about research.
An introduction to sample size calculations. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Could bedside ultrasound improve the assessment of patients with acute breathlessness? This 2014 journal club examines a randomised trial, separating improved diagnostic accuracy from evidence of better patient outcomes and considering how patient selection and reliance on a single ultrasound operator limit the findings.
JC: POCUS for the breathless patient. St.Emlyn’s Read More
An archery metaphor opens a 2014 discussion about targets in emergency medicine. The accompanying podcast asks whether targets inevitably distort care or can be used to improve services, with reflections on short-stay medicine, departmental pressures and keeping the interests of patients and staff in view.
The Archers of the Emergency Department. St.Emlyn’s Read More
How should a department prepare for the rare child who needs massive transfusion after trauma? This 2014 journal club examines a small retrospective series, discussing coagulopathy, the limitations of sparse evidence and the importance of planning, shared protocols and simulation for infrequent but time-critical events.
JC: Paediatric massive transfusion. St.Emlyn’s Read More
A 2014 podcast introduction on trauma team leadership and the challenge of moving patients from ED arrival to CT within 30 minutes. The post places that goal alongside UK trauma standards of the time and includes a trauma transfer checklist to support the discussion.
Podcast – Trauma Team Leadership – Getting to CT in 30 minutes. Read More
