#FOAMed

How can teaching fit into a busy emergency department? Simon Carley’s 2018 RSM presentation explores ways to make learning part of clinical work, including Post-it pearls, tailored FOAMed resources and structured hot debriefs. The emphasis is on preparation and practical approaches that need little time or money.

The August 2018 podcast roundup revisits learning from EMSA, clinical apps, biotin interference with troponin testing and the CESR route. Its written guide also links a review of intravenous fluids in critical illness and a discussion of moral injury in emergency and prehospital care.

Simon Carley sets out five approaches to resuscitation practice that require no new equipment: preparation with the Zero Point Survey, regular team updates, separating immediate care from strategic thinking, peer observation and hot debriefs. This St Emlyn’s Live 2018 talk focuses on how teams work together.

In the third part of his personal account of PTSD, Rusty Carroll describes his experience of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy. He reflects on waiting for treatment, the emotional demands of therapy and the changes that helped him rebuild his wellbeing.

This October 2018 announcement shares the programme for St Emlyn’s Live and the Teaching CoOp courses in Manchester. It also records the arrangements for streaming the conference through the St Emlyn’s YouTube channel.

Resuscitation begins before the patient arrives. Simon Carley introduces the Zero Point Survey and its focus on the clinician, team and environment, explaining how shared preparation and mental models can be practised in simulation. He also reflects on role allocation and integrating the approach into everyday resuscitation training.