#FOAMed

A podcast recorded at the Premier Conference 2024 explores sudden cardiac death in young people. The accompanying notes cover recognition, inherited cardiac conditions, investigation and family screening, alongside the difficulties of assessing risk and choosing treatment.

A review of a randomised trial comparing non-invasive ventilation with an oxygen mask for preoxygenation before emergency intubation. It examines the risk of hypoxaemia, the limits of the comparison and how the findings might apply to critically ill patients.

Highlights from the opening sessions of the Premier paediatric emergency medicine conference in Winchester in 2024. Topics include childhood stroke, ENT emergencies, headaches, sudden cardiac death, asthma treatment and vaping in young people.

Should bleeding trauma patients be intubated in the emergency department or the operating room? This appraisal examines an observational comparison in patients needing urgent haemorrhage control, including the association with mortality and why confounding limits conclusions about changing practice.

Could nebulised ketamine offer an alternative to intravenous ketamine for acute pain in the emergency department? This review examines a randomised trial, its analgesic outcomes and the uncertainties around rescue analgesia, patient selection and comparison with usual care.

Review of an RCT of serratus anterior plane blocks in the emergency department for chest/rib injury. Is this now a standard of care?