RCEM Annual Conference 2026 – Day 2
A full summary of Day 2 at RCEM Conference 2026, covering prize papers, AI in emergency medicine, major trials, health inequalities, and clinical insights.
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TTL Tip 9: Chest Drain Before CT? Think, Decide, Communicate
Should you insert a chest drain before CT in trauma? A practical guide to managing pneumothorax, balancing risk, delay, and decision-making in the resus room. @stemlyns #FOAMed
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TTL tips 8: External Haemorrhage control
Keep blood in the patient. Control haemorrhage early. Most external bleeding will have been addressed prehospital, but not all. Patients may self-present, deteriorate, or require reassessment as resuscitation progresses. Effective
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TBS 2026: Best Intensive Care Medicine Papers
A focused review of the most important intensive care medicine papers from 2025–2026, discussed at The Big Sick conference. TBS @stemlyns
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Early Blood Pressure Targets in Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Background It’s pretty well agreed that management of blood pressure is really important in neurological injury. We usually think about this in terms of brain injury, but the general teaching
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Ketamine vs Etomidate for Intubating Critically Ill Adults: What Does the RSI Trial Tell Us?
RSI trial ketamine vs. etomidate. No difference in outcome. Both cause cardiovascular instability.
Gastroenteritis in children: should we be sending them home with ondansetron?
Autumn is here, and winter is on its way. In children with gastroenteritis, should we be prescribing take-home doses of ondansetron?
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Emergency Centre Thoracotomy in South Africa.
Can you perform a life-saving thoracotomy without ICU, theatre, or specialist staff?
A new study from Cape Town shows it’s possible — and often successful — even in district hospitals facing high trauma burdens.
Read our latest St Emlyn’s review 👇
#EmergencyMedicine #TraumaSurgery #FOAMed #GlobalHealth
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Paediatric Emergencies Update 2024 – Noosa Day 2 & 3
ENT emergencies, extended duty of care and the medicolegal implications of being vicariously injured, sodium balance and regulation, neuroradiology and disaster and counter-terrorism medicine
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Podcast – Monthly Round Up February 2025 – Skills Fade, Resuscitation Targets and more
In this episode of the St Emlyn’s Podcast, Iain and Simon reflect on IncrEMentuM 2025, skills fade in rare procedures, arterial line placement, and emerging evidence in cardiac arrest and resuscitative hysterotomy. Essential listening for emergency clinicians.
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