Podcast

An archery metaphor opens a 2014 discussion about targets in emergency medicine. The accompanying podcast asks whether targets inevitably distort care or can be used to improve services, with reflections on short-stay medicine, departmental pressures and keeping the interests of patients and staff in view.

Do emergency department targets help patients or encourage the wrong priorities? In this 2014 podcast, Iain Beardsell and Simon Carley weigh the benefits of the four-hour standard against capacity pressures, administrative work and rushed decisions, asking how clinical leaders can use targets to improve care.

A 2014 podcast introduction on trauma team leadership and the challenge of moving patients from ED arrival to CT within 30 minutes. The post places that goal alongside UK trauma standards of the time and includes a trauma transfer checklist to support the discussion.

An early announcement of the St Emlyn’s podcast from 2014. The post introduces its initial focus on diagnosis, plans for clinical and management discussions, and contributions from the wider team, capturing the beginnings of the project alongside the blog.

How can the same treatment benefit sound dramatic or modest depending on how it is described? This 2014 podcast explores relative and absolute risk reduction, numbers needed to treat and harm, and the use of natural frequencies to explain benefits and harms to patients.

How does disease prevalence change the meaning of a diagnostic test result? In this 2014 podcast, Iain Beardsell and Simon Carley discuss residual risk, the consequences of missed diagnoses and over-investigation, and how shared decisions and clear return advice can help patients navigate uncertainty.