An introduction to the Global Emergency Care Collaborative's July 2023 event in Edinburgh. The post outlines its speakers and themes, exploring global health projects, programmes and research, and opportunities for collaboration across emergency care settings.
Natalie May reports from day three of ICEM 2022 in Melbourne. Lessons from major incidents in Manchester, New Zealand, Beirut and Tonga sit alongside sessions on prehospital retrieval, human factors and shared leadership.
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Natalie May shares learning from the first day of ICEM 2022 in Melbourne. Topics include global health and pandemic response, cardiac arrest research, resuscitation in settings with limited resources and the need to rethink trauma care for older patients.
An emergency medicine overview of GBL intoxication in the context of chemsex. Gareth Roberts discusses recognition, respiratory depression, co-ingestion and the challenges of airway management, alongside the need to consider consent, safeguarding and sexual health support as patients recover.
Ashley Liebig's January 2020 introduction to the novel coronavirus outbreak, written as cases began appearing beyond China. The article records the early questions facing clinicians and the information available at that point, offering a historical snapshot rather than an up-to-date account of COVID-19.
What can emergency medicine learn from anaesthesia’s environmental footprint? This review of a 2019 editorial considers anaesthetic gases, equipment, waste and the wider life cycle of healthcare products, alongside the climate implications of travel for conferences and education.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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