Could selective aortic arch perfusion become a future resuscitation technique? This appraisal examines a feasibility study using perfused human cadavers, explaining the procedure and its limitations. It considers the research and practical questions that remain before clinical use.
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A personal reflection from 2023 on artificial intelligence in medicine, education and assessment. Drawing on automation in aviation, the author explores the potential benefits and the risk of losing the clinical experience and judgement needed when technology cannot provide an answer.
AI & Medicine: Saviour or Snake Oil? Read More
Dan Horner examines CRYOSTAT-2, a randomised trial of early empirical high-dose cryoprecipitate in major trauma haemorrhage. The appraisal explores the mortality results, trial limitations and subgroup findings, and considers what the study means for major haemorrhage protocols.
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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.
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Chris Gray and the team report from day two of the 2023 RCEM Annual Scientific Conference in Glasgow. Sessions cover the future of emergency medicine, smoking cessation, carbon monoxide poisoning, trauma triage, prehospital troponin testing and the REBOA-UK trial.
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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.
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Iain and Simon review the St Emlyn’s blog and podcast from July and August 2023. Topics include trauma, burnout, prehospital care, training for high-acuity, low-occurrence procedures and paediatric ultrasound.
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Does an emergency physician’s age relate to patient outcomes? This appraisal examines a retrospective study of older US patients, its association between physician age and seven-day mortality, and the uncertainty about what might explain that association.
JC: How old is your doctor? Read More
