Iain Beardsell shares lessons from ten years of trauma team leadership, based on his 2022 RCEM CPD presentation. The post follows preparation, patient arrival and progression towards definitive care, with an emphasis on communication, checklists, practice and feedback.
Trauma Team Leadership – Top Tips from Ten Years of Trauma Team Leadership Read More
A 2022 appraisal of RePHILL, comparing prehospital packed red cells and freeze-dried plasma with saline for traumatic haemorrhagic shock. It examines the neutral trial result, composite outcomes and patient selection, and asks what questions remain about prehospital transfusion.
Simon and Natalie discuss the principles of feedback and the difficulties of conversations between clinical departments. This podcast considers feedback in education and clinical practice, with reference to Stone and Heen’s book Thanks for the Feedback.
Feedback update and the complexities of inter-speciality conversations. St Emlyn’s Read More
A 2022 journal club on the association between delays to hospital admission from the emergency department and 30-day mortality. The review examines a large English dataset, unmeasured illness severity and the limits of drawing causal conclusions from observational evidence.
JC: Emergency Department Delays and Mortality Read More
Could adjusting D-dimer thresholds to clinical probability reduce ultrasound use for suspected DVT? This 2022 appraisal of the Canadian 4D study examines diagnostic safety, excluded patient groups and the challenges of transferring its algorithm into UK pathways.
Suspected DVT: the 4D study Read More
Rusty Carroll reflects on moving into a leadership role as an advanced clinical practitioner. The post explores prioritisation, breaking work into manageable tasks, building trust, delegation and humility, with lessons intended for colleagues across professional backgrounds.
The Rise of an ACP: Leadership. Read More
Recordings and commentary from SASEM 2022 on evidence for emergency airway management, including cardiac arrest, video laryngoscopy and surgical airways. The post also includes talks on research from 2021 and troponin-based assessment of possible myocardial infarction.
SASEM: Cutting Edge Evidence-based Airway Management Read More
Simon Carley’s SASEM 2022 talk challenges familiar assumptions in resuscitation. The accompanying post explores airway management, chest drainage, calcium, transfusion and team behaviour, asking whether procedures are driven by patient need or clinicians’ habits and preferences.
SASEM: Myths in resuscitation practice. St Emlyn’s Read More
