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Dan Horner’s opening video for the 2015 RCEM conference, shared here after technical problems prevented it being shown at the meeting. The accompanying introduction describes it as a snapshot of emergency medicine in the UK at that time.

The original live-coverage page for the 2015 Royal College of Emergency Medicine conference in Manchester. This short archive entry introduced streams of the opening ceremony and the ‘24h EM People’ session; it records the event coverage rather than announcing a current broadcast.

A preview of the 2015 RCEM conference in Manchester, introducing visiting speakers, workshops and the St Emlyn’s team’s planned coverage. This archive post captures the anticipation around the meeting and points to the educational topics and online communities represented there.

How can you make a clear referral from the emergency department to an inpatient team? Iain Beardsell and Simon Carley discuss preparing the conversation, using SBAR, making the purpose clear and anticipating questions, with approaches to disagreement, maintaining professional relationships and seeking senior support.

Does helping someone out of a car reduce cervical spine movement compared with self-extrication? This 2015 appraisal examines a small biomechanical study of six techniques, while emphasising that uninjured volunteers cannot establish which approach is safest for patients with pain or spinal injury.

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.