Emergency Department Management
How should doctors teach and discuss cases online without compromising confidentiality? Simon Carley's response to the GMC's 2013 social media guidance explores professional identity, potentially identifiable details and the difficulties of using fictional cases that resemble real patients.
A clear referral starts before the phone call. Iain Beardsell explains how to prepare a concise SBAR handover, state what the patient needs and manage difficult conversations with inpatient teams while maintaining honesty, respect and professional relationships.
Welcome to Virchester, home of St Emlyn's virtual hospital. This tongue-in-cheek introduction explains its imagined setting, staff and services, using a fictional emergency department to reflect familiar challenges in clinical care, teaching and hospital life.
This 2013 journal club examines the Cochrane review of colloids versus crystalloids, with a particular interest in sepsis. Simon Carley explores mortality findings, numbers needed to harm and why differences between trial populations matter when interpreting a meta-analysis.
What does it mean for parents to be present during their child's resuscitation? Natalie May explores parental and staff perspectives, communication during cardiac arrest and the importance of supporting both families and the clinical team after a difficult case.
Making the right diagnosis does not guarantee that treatment will benefit an individual patient. Part five of Risky Business explores the links between testing, treatment and harm, and asks how diagnostic research can show whether patients actually do better.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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