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What happens to older patients who spend the night in the emergency department awaiting a ward bed? This appraisal examines a prospective cohort study linking overnight ED stays with in-hospital mortality, while considering confounding and the importance of comfort and dignity.

A selection of resuscitation papers discussed at the Big Sick Conference in Zermatt in 2024. These personal appraisals examine airway management, haemorrhage and cardiac arrest, considering the findings, their limitations and the questions still facing clinicians and researchers.

Chris Gray and the team report from the final day of the 2023 RCEM Annual Scientific Conference in Glasgow. Highlights include global health, emergency medicine training and grant-funded research, alongside studies of subarachnoid haemorrhage, chest pain and resuscitative thoracotomy.

Highlights from the first day of the RCEM Annual Scientific Conference in Glasgow in 2023. The report covers emergency medicine research, including rib fracture analgesia and acute aortic syndrome, alongside staff wellbeing, peer support and paediatric research updates.

An introduction to point-of-care ultrasound in the paediatric emergency department, covering lung, musculoskeletal and abdominal presentations. The article weighs potential benefits against the evidence, with particular attention to operator training and whether results from experienced enthusiasts apply to novice scanners.

Highlights from the final day of the Intensive Care Society's 2023 State of the Art Congress. Topics include traumatic brain injury, ethics and end-of-life care, alongside a debate on rehabilitation and supporting patients after critical illness.

Day two of the Intensive Care Society's 2023 State of the Art Congress brings research updates on kidneys, the gut and airway management. The report also covers patient communication, acute respiratory distress syndrome, debriefing, trauma and trainee-led research.

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.

A collection of evidence, guidelines and resources accompanying Dan Horner's 2023 RCEM CPD talk on the physiologically difficult airway. Links cover cardiovascular collapse, hypoxaemia, ultrasound, checklists and improving emergency airway care outside the operating room.

How might research design, real-world data and artificial intelligence change evidence-based medicine? This 2023 discussion of Vivek Subbiah's Nature Medicine article considers implications for emergency care, with an additional experiment: ChatGPT helped write the post itself.