What does excellence in everyday emergency care look like? Drawing on his DFTB26 keynote in Glasgow, Simon Carley explores reliable practice, awareness of our own limitations and teams whose different strengths help them get the fundamentals right.
DFTB26: Doing the Fundamentals Extraordinarily Well Read More
Paracetamol poisoning is an uncommon, but not rare, event in children. The treatment of choice is NAC. Should we be giving them the SNAP protocol?
Make it SNAPpy! Paracetamol overdoses in teenagers Read More
How should we assess children with one or two positive PECARN abdominal trauma criteria? This appraisal examines a secondary analysis of the prediction rule, the different risks associated with individual findings and the continuing role of clinical judgement and repeated assessment.
Evaluating the PECARN Abdominal Trauma Rule in the grey zone…. Read More
Notes from days two and three of the 2024 Paediatric Emergencies Update in Noosa. Topics include ENT emergencies, extended duty of care, sodium regulation, neuroradiology and the challenges of preparing for paediatric patients in disasters.
Paediatric Emergencies Update 2024 – Noosa Day 2 & 3 Read More
The blog highlights the updated 2024 guidelines from the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) on imaging in pediatric trauma.
Imaging decisions in paediatric trauma – RCR update 2024 Read More
Could smaller chest drains be an option for traumatic haemothorax? This appraisal examines a systematic review comparing small- and large-bore tubes, including treatment failure and patient selection, and asks how far findings from stable patients can be applied to emergency drainage.
Small Bore vs Large Bore Thoracostomy for Traumatic Haemothorax. Read More
This JC from St Emlyn’s looks at a paper from SJTRM and explores the association between first-pass success (FPS) during pre-hospital intubation and 30-day mortality in patients treated by Finnish helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS).
Is First Pass Success an important outcome in PHEA research? Read More
A summary of the talks from Day 1 of the PREMIER conference
The PREMIER Wessex Conference – Day 1 Read More
