How do you keep track of an entire emergency department while leading a shift? This personal account offers a mental model for the emergency physician in charge, using circles of care, the four S's, bookmarking and partnership with the nurse in charge.
Notes from the RACE session at RCEM CPD 2024 explore the history of race and medicine, differential attainment and the work of challenging inequality. The report brings together the speakers' perspectives, practical actions and further reading.
Iain and Simon review the January 2024 posts, including airway management in acute poisoning, staff retention and working conditions in emergency medicine. They also discuss Liz Crowe's reflection on habits, resolutions and making changes that last.
Simplifying urgent care data translation is essential for hospital flow improvement. This post provides a perspective on how to achieve this.
How do you prepare a whole team for high-acuity, low-occurrence procedures? The third HALO article explores shared mental rehearsal, simulation, role clarity and debriefing, including how to support colleagues who encounter these procedures without prior preparation.
Day two of the Intensive Care Society's 2023 State of the Art Congress brings research updates on kidneys, the gut and airway management. The report also covers patient communication, acute respiratory distress syndrome, debriefing, trauma and trainee-led research.