Podcast

St Emlyn’s reports from the opening day of the London Trauma Conference 2014, with an accompanying podcast summary. Topics include traumatic arterial dissection, impact brain apnoea, the development of major trauma centres, research involving children and older people, and trauma care in motorsport.

A 2014 induction podcast in which Iain Beardsell and Simon Carley work through the assessment of chest pain. They discuss serious possible causes, the role and limits of ECGs and investigations, seeking senior advice and explaining uncertainty to patients when a definite diagnosis remains elusive.

Why become involved in emergency medicine research? Rick Body shares his talk from DGINA 2014 in Nuremberg, describing his unexpected route into an academic career and the value of building a stronger evidence base for emergency care, with links to research discussed in the presentation.

Rick Body examines NICE’s 2014 recommendations on high-sensitivity troponin testing for early exclusion of NSTEMI. The article and podcast explain the guidance’s limited assay-specific scope, the distinction between excluding infarction and deciding on discharge, and the practical challenge of fitting repeat testing into emergency department workflows.

For clinicians new to paediatric emergency care, Natalie May introduces teaching resources on communicating with children and approaching the sick child systematically. Two recorded talks cover practical paediatric tips, an ABCDE assessment and neonatal considerations, alongside links for trainees moving between adult and paediatric emergency departments.

Lessons from Victoria Brazil’s 2014 St Emlyn’s talk, ‘Talking, Teaching and Technology’. Rick Body describes how preparation, knowing the audience, attention to voice and body language, and ruthless simplification of slides can shape a presentation, alongside reflections from the team’s evening together in Manchester.