Day three of badEMfest 2018 connects prehospital and retrieval learning with the patient’s experience of care. Highlights include wilderness rescue, research priorities, end-of-life discussions, handwashing and chronic pain, alongside reflections on teamwork and what clinicians can learn from becoming patients themselves.
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Simon Carley selects ten trauma papers for the 2018 Trauma Care UK conference, focusing on questions that might change bedside practice. Topics range from imaging and transport to brain injury, pneumothorax and team performance, with critical discussion of study limitations and the challenges of translating evidence into care.
Top 10 trauma papers 2017-2018 for @traumacareUK conference. St Emlyn’s Read More
How should clinicians balance bleeding and thrombosis when anticoagulation causes problems? This 2018 RCEM CPD discussion covers haemorrhage, reversal strategies, adverse reactions, treatment failure and monitoring. It emphasises individual risk, practical delivery of care and making complex pathways usable, reflecting the drugs and evidence available at the time.
Complications of anticoagulation and how to manage them. St Emlyn’s Read More
Should injured children receive whole-body or selective CT? Natalie May examines a 2018 observational study of paediatric trauma, explaining propensity-score adjustment and what its mortality findings can—and cannot—tell us. The discussion challenges the assumption that adult imaging practice should automatically transfer to children.
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The second day of badEMfest 2018 combines practical emergency care with questions about leadership and humanity. This report covers paediatric problems, imaging in pregnancy, trauma resuscitation and South African emergency services, alongside feedback, staff support, sleep and kindness in clinical encounters.
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Ashley Liebig reflects on caring for Noah Galloway after his injuries in Iraq and the friendship that followed. Their shared story explores what patients remember: our words, preparation, respect for privacy and everyday kindness, and how those experiences can shape both recovery and a clinician’s practice.
Bonded in Blood: Ashley Liebig and Noah Galloway. St Emlyn’s Read More
How can feedback help clinicians and teams improve? Drawing on a 2018 conference session in Graz, Simon Carley distinguishes appreciation, coaching and evaluation. He explores receiving difficult feedback, agreeing its purpose, peer observation and the practical choices that make a conversation more useful.
What can early pupil responses tell us after cardiac arrest? This 2018 review examines a large French observational study, separating association with outcome from the ability to predict an individual patient’s recovery. It challenges decisions based on a single early finding and considers how prognosis is discussed.
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