Pete Hulme reports from Tactical Trauma 2019 in Sweden, bringing together lessons from prehospital teams, police and emergency services. The review explores bystander response, haemorrhage control, triage and team leadership when trauma care takes place in difficult environments.
A review of the CRASH-3 trial and whether tranexamic acid (TXA) is of benefit in traumatic brain injury patients.
Revisit the St Emlyn’s blog in this August 2019 podcast round-up. The accompanying article links cover lower gastrointestinal bleeding, prehospital laryngoscopy, the environmental impact of anaesthesia and the biochemical properties of stored red blood cells.
Conference ReportsCritical Care
The final day of RCEM’s 2019 scientific conference brought together cardiac arrest research, medical education and clinicians’ working lives. This report covers AIRWAYS-2 and PARAMEDIC-2, podcasting, proposed curriculum changes and research into fatigue and the need for recovery.
Simon Carley reports from the European Resuscitation Council meeting in Slovenia in 2019. Alongside reflections on early recognition, CPR and defibrillation, the post includes a conference podcast and discussion of the continuing debate over temperature management after cardiac arrest.
Conference ReportsCritical Care
Day two of RCEM’s 2019 scientific conference ranged from frailty and palliative care to research, leadership and working patterns. The St Emlyn’s team reports on clinical learning alongside practical discussions about annualised rotas, supportive handovers and sustainable emergency medicine careers.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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