Emergency Medicine

What can hospital educators learn from prehospital training? Drawing on her experience with Sydney HEMS, Natalie May explores team induction, maintaining competence and a supportive learning culture, asking how simulation, regular practice and case review could strengthen education inside the emergency department.

Natalie May’s SMACC Dublin workshop notes review the 2015 paediatric and neonatal resuscitation guidelines. This historical teaching resource covers airway and ventilation, unexpected deliveries, care after resuscitation and communication with families, explaining why newborn resuscitation needs particular preparation.

How closely does our view of our own performance match what colleagues and patients see? Introducing his SMACC talk, Simon Carley reflects on impostor feelings, the limits of self-assessment and why honest feedback and reflection matter for becoming better clinicians and educators.

Notes and recordings from the 2015 Teaching Course in New York on building better presentations. Natalie May introduces approaches to planning, rehearsal, storytelling, slides and delivery, alongside practical design resources and Scott Weingart’s method for organising a conference talk.

When does confidence in the emergency department become overconfidence? Prompted by personal feedback, this reflection explores diagnostic uncertainty, missed opportunities to learn from patient outcomes and practical ways to seek advice, follow up decisions and invite honest feedback from colleagues.

Simon Carley introduces a 2016 paper he co-authored on impact brain apnoea, drawing on observations from motorsport and prehospital care. The post also honours John Hinds’ contribution to the work and reflects on how clinicians’ shared experiences can prompt research questions.