Emergency Department Management
Emergency departments (EDs) often seem to shift from calm to crisis in an instant. Why? This article explores ED crowding through the lens of complexity science and self-organised criticality, explaining how minor changes—like a few extra patients—can trigger disproportionate chaos.
In this podcast, Liz Crowe discusses the effect bad behaviour has on teams and ultimately patient safety.
Claire Park draws on civilian and military experience to discuss care during high-threat incidents at Tactical Trauma 2024. The podcast explores the balance between responder risk and treatment delays, communication between emergency services, casualty evacuation and the gaps in the available evidence.
Alice Hutin describes how the Paris SAMU team delivers prehospital extracorporeal CPR for selected patients with refractory cardiac arrest. Recorded at Tactical Trauma 2024, the interview explores on-scene logistics, patient selection, communication when eCPR is not appropriate and team debriefing.
In this episode of the podcast, Andrew Petrosoniak leads us through how simulation can be used beyond education for system design and improvement.
Revisit Cliff Reid's 2013 talk on why emergency medicine can be a great job. In this 2024 reflection, a difficult clinical case prompts Simon Carley to return to the talk and the meaning found in caring for patients and their families.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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