Science

This retrospective study explores the link between intra-arrest arterial blood pressure (IBP) and return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

How did trauma transfusion move from whole blood to crystalloid and component therapy, then back towards whole blood? This 2023 narrative review follows the key studies behind that evolution and considers prehospital transfusion, different injury patterns and the questions still unanswered.

A 2023 interview with ChatGPT explores how language models work and their possible uses in emergency medicine and education. The discussion considers limitations, misleading answers and human judgement, alongside the author's reflections on using AI in everyday work.

How should patients and clinicians help decide what emergency medicine researches next? This February 2022 post introduces a renewed James Lind Alliance priority-setting exercise, reflecting on earlier funded questions and explaining how ideas were gathered for the next round.

Simon Carley's selection of ten trauma papers for the 2021 Trauma Care UK conference spans haemorrhage control, airway intervention and traumatic brain injury. The review considers what the findings add to practice and where trial design or uncertainty limits their interpretation.

A March 2021 update on RECOVERY's initial colchicine results in hospitalised patients with COVID-19. It reports the lack of a mortality benefit announced at the time, distinguishes these patients from community cases and notes that the full paper was still awaited.