#FOAMed

So, now we know what to do with an unexplained abnormal respiratory rate in a baby - but how do we know what constitutes an abnormal respiratory rate? That's the question behind the second paper from a team of Australian researchers which appeared in Archives of Disease in Childhood last month.

Two really interesting PEM-relevant papers appeared online first in Archives of Disease in Childhood in July - and happy days, both are FOAM!

Emergency physicians often feel that taking a sexual history in EDs is something medical school and specialty training have not prepared them very well for. This comes as no surprise as it differs significantly from ordinary medical history taking.

On Thursday 23rd July we held our annual North West Emergency Medicine Regional Research Symposium. This is an opportunity to celebrate some of the fantastic Emergency Medicine research going on around Greater Manchester.

Following a successful local collaborative Ebola campaign preparation last year, the team at Virchester ED have started preparing for the next outbreak of infectious disease that threatens our quiet shores: the Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).

If you’re reading this blog then I am sure you are aware that last week Chicago played host to the super-galactic conference that is SMACC. Equally, I am sure you have read summary upon summary and a number of the some 84,655 tweets relating to the conference.