RCEM Learning

In true StEmlyns style he had a whole series of excellent blog posts summarising his talk immediately available.

The podcasts covers topics from his talk on CT in Trauma and gives some of the benefits and drawbacks of CT and its place in the Trauma Patient Journey.

Welcome to the RCEM CPD event in Leeds. We're here to give you updates and some pearls that we've gleaned from the conference.

Welcome to the RCEM CPD event in Leeds. We're here to give you updates and some pearls that we've gleaned from the conference.

Welcome to the RCEM CPD event in Leeds. We're here to give you updates and some pearls that we've gleaned from the conference.

Welcome to the first in a new series of monthly podcasts at the RCFN looking at recent literature.

A summary of RCEM's Safety Toolkit. it was produced by RCEM to help deliver safe, high quality care to patients.

NICE guideline on IV fluid Therapy in Children and young People in Hospital.

The FRCEM in its current form contains a management viva. This will be changing over the next few years and ultimately will be replaced.

A basic overview of the management of a common tachycardia in the ED – SV

So no doubt now we're approaching winter your ED will be under pressure and both your team and the hospital will be looking for strategies to reduce crowding and most importantly improve care

So you're in the Emergency Department when a medical alert arrives. He's tachypnoeic, tachycardic and visibly cyanotic with saturations of 75% on room air. You start to reach for the high flow oxygen but there's a voice in your head saying "STOP! What about his hypoxic drive"!

For those of you who weren't able to attend and for those of you who want to listen again to some of the great talks, this month we'll be bringing you some of the superb plenary sessions on the podcast.

This talk hopes to explore how we make decisions in the ED, why it's often difficult in a time poor, information light setting and gives some strategies for how we might analyse and improve our performance.

For those of you who weren't able to attend and for those of you who want to listen again to some of the great talks, this month we'll be bringing you some of the superb plenary sessions on the podcast.

For those of you who weren't able to attend and for those of you who want to listen again to some of the great talks, this month we'll be bringing you some of the superb plenary sessions on the podcast.

For those of you who weren't able to attend and for those of you who want to listen again to some of the great talks, this month we'll be bringing you some of the superb plenary sessions on the podcast.

For those of you who weren't able to attend and for those of you who want to listen again to some of the great talks, this month we'll be bringing you some of the superb plenary sessions on the podcast.

In addition to being a Consultant Trauma and Vascular Surgeon, Dr Brohi is also a Professor in Trauma Sciences and the founder of Trauma.org. He spoke to us on the subject of critical bleeding in trauma patients.

September 2015 brought us the superb RCEM Annual Scientific Conference in Manchester. Rick Body and the Organising Committee did a superb job of providing us with 3 days of education, entertainment and networking.

For those of you who weren't able to attend and for those of you who want to listen again to some of the great talks, this month we'll be bringing you some of the superb plenary sessions on the podcast.

For those of you who weren't able to attend and for those of you who want to listen again to some of the great talks, this month we'll be bringing you some of the superb plenary sessions on the podcast.

What does the presence of dipstick haematuria mean to you in the context of blunt abdominal trauma? This podcast investigates a recent paper on the topic and discusses its utility.

When you assess your patient you need to take a good focussed history, make a thorough examination focussing on evidence of respiratory failure/distress and make an assessment to the hydration status of the child, whilst thinking about and taking steps to discount other diagnoses such as pneumonia and Viral Wheeze.

Andy's 4th podcast on the eye

It is most useful in the non-shockable side of the algorithm and can be an aid when considering the 4 Hs and the 4 Ts of the ALS Algorithm

Here's what went on at the fantastic RCEM '15 Annual Conference in Manchester on the final day

Here's what went on at the fantastic RCEM '15 Annual Conference in Manchester on Day 2

Here's what went on at the fantastic RCEM '15 Annual Conference in Manchester on Day 1

Urine testing potentially isn't the most glamorous of topics but it's an area which there's a HUGE scope for us improving on.

TCA overdose an uncommon presentation to the Emergency Department. TCA overdoses can however be fatal.

We all feel the pressure when managing the feverish child. Differentiating simple viral illness from Serious Bacterial Infection can be challenging in the Emergency Department and requires good clinical acumen.

Traumatic Cardiac arrest is a stressful and time critical presentation to the ED. You need to have a solid structure in your mind for how to deal with it in a safe and effective manner.

The Returning Traveller is designed to give junior ED clinicians the tools needed to safely manage these patients who attend more often – and more unwell – than we think.

As Emergency Medicine continues to grow as a specialty, newer fields are coming in to our practice on a more regular basis.

The ED plays a crucial role in raising the alarm for non-accidental injuries. Frequently, we may be the first port-of call for a child who has gone through the unthinkable, and it is our role to think about the possibility in this vulnerable group.

So here is a guide to the new NICE pneumonia guidelines that were published in December 2014, I hope you find it useful.

There's no doubt that a case of sepsis will pass through your ED in the next hour or so.

SMACC-US was phenomenal! An amazing event, superb education, great networking, and fantastic hospitality. Here's a brief overview of some highlights.

Best Practice Guidelines are produced by the Royal College for important problems where there is anticipated to be little or no relevant high quality evidence.

The 3rd in the series on Eye Anatomy. This vodcast looks at the bits that move the eye. Make sure you check out the other 2 vodcasts, bits of the eye and bony parts of the eye as well. Enjoy!

Soft tissue infections are bread and butter cases for the EM clinician. Adrian Boyle gives an overview of the main take home points from his talk on just this topic at the #RCEMBelfast Conference.

James Harding, Consultant at UHCW in Interventional Radiology, gives an overview of his talk from the Trauma Care Conference in Telford on Interventional Radiology (IR) in Trauma.

Resus Officers – They know how to run an arrest, it's what they do and they are all very experienced at it.

Athletes in the ED, my ED, we hardly ever see them……..or so you might think. Actually the definition of an athlete means you come across them far more often than you may first have thought.

How many ECG's do you see in your average shift in ED. Ensuring that your skills of interpretation are of high quality is imperative.

This is a blog and podcast produced on collaboration with St. Emlyns and the RCFN based on Professor Simon Carleys talk from the Trauma Care UK conference in Telford.

Hyperkalaemia is a common electrolyte disturbance with life threatening complications. The recognition and effective treatment is crucial in the ED. This vodcast gives a sound overview of the approach to hyperkalaemia.

Best Practice Guidelines are produced by the Royal College for important problems where there is anticipated to be little or no relevant high quality evidence.

Improving care in the ED, one department's response to the Francis report. Gavin Lloyd sums up his talk from the #RCEMBelfast conference and discusses how his department has implemented some simple but effective measures to make some real differences to the care received by their patients.