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Selected learning from the English-language track of the 11th emergency medicine congress in Graz in 2024. This report covers cardiac arrest, trauma, sepsis and ultrasound, alongside reflections on research, teaching and learning from mistakes.

Does using a bougie improve first-pass success during tracheal intubation? This appraisal examines a systematic review and meta-analysis, considering the quality and variety of the included studies and how equipment, technique and clinical setting affect the interpretation.

What happens to older patients who spend the night in the emergency department awaiting a ward bed? This appraisal examines a prospective cohort study linking overnight ED stays with in-hospital mortality, while considering confounding and the importance of comfort and dignity.

A review of an observational study comparing mechanical and manual CPR during in-hospital cardiac arrest. The appraisal examines survival outcomes and why patient selection, confounding and the timing of mechanical CPR make the results difficult to interpret.

In our modern world global health is vitally and increasingly important. Anisa Jafar takes us through a project designed to connect and map global health practitioners. Follow the links and join the network.

An updated overview of decompensated liver disease in the emergency department, covering assessment, investigation and the search for a precipitating cause. It discusses infection, bleeding, kidney injury, encephalopathy and escalation of care, with the WAVES mnemonic to organise the approach.