EMJ Podcast
128 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEmergency Medicine Journal (EMJ) is an international peer review journal covering pre-hospital and hospital emergency medicine, and critical care. The journal publishes original research, reviews and evidence based articles on resuscitation, major trauma, minor injuries, acute cardiology, acute paediatrics, toxicology, toxinology, disasters, medical imaging, audit, teaching and reflections on clinical practice. The journal is aimed at doctors, nurses, paramedics and ambulance staff.
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Opioid toxicity, thrombectomy transfers, and austerity's impact: July 2024 Primary Survey
July 04, 2024 15:39 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBWhat might yawning and sneezing be signs of in a patient? This month's podcast features new RCEM and NPIS guidance on acute opioid toxicity, outlining a number of symptoms to stay alert to. Before getting to that there's a paper on bypassing hospitals for patients needing mechanical thrombectomy, a study on how austerity affected emergency admissions across a range of UK local authorities, and some research on the immune-related adverse affects that can arise in the ED amongst oncological pa...
Patient self-perception, and presentations of headache: June 2024 Primary Survey
June 06, 2024 09:16 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBHow well do patients in the emergency department judge the severity of their situation? Some may fear the worst for any hospital visit, and others not realise that their lives are in danger. This month's first paper is a review of the accuracy of self-prognostication and its relation to admission, severity, and length of stay. Then there's a trio of publications on the challenges of pain in various forms. Starting with a study on the links between red flags in headache assessment, and seriou...
Interventions for smoking cessation, AI CT scan triaging, and cyclic vomiting : May 2024 Primary Survey
May 09, 2024 11:42 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBShould we be bringing preventative medicine into the emergency department, or is it just using up valuable time? Our first paper this month looks at the "Cessation of Smoking Trial in the Emergency Department (COSTED)" trial, which presents the case for opportunistic smoking cessation intervention. Next up is a topical research paper on interpreting CT scans with artificial intelligence, and how machine assessment measures up against experienced physicians. Then there's a trio of troponin pa...
Interventions for smoking cessation, AI CT scan triaging, and cyclic vomiting: May 2024 Primary Survey
May 09, 2024 11:42 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBShould we be bringing preventative medicine into the emergency department, or is it just using up valuable time? Our first paper this month looks at the "Cessation of Smoking Trial in the Emergency Department (COSTED)" trial, which presents the case for opportunistic smoking cessation intervention. Next up is a topical research paper on interpreting CT scans with artificial intelligence, and how machine assessment measures up against experienced physicians. Then there's a trio of troponin pa...
Suspicious chest pain, inequality in COVID outcomes, and staff retention problems: April 2024 Primary Survey
April 05, 2024 14:32 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB“Social distancing is a privilege,” is the core message underlying the first paper brought by Sarah to this month’s roundup, as it unpacks the stark differences in COVID-19 outcomes across the spectrum of racial and ethnic groups in the United States. A second paper examines the returning rates of COVID patients across a large group of emergency departments in Canada, and the factors at play there. The final topic is one of Rick’s favourites, focusing on troponin testing in ambulances. Arti...
Suspicious chest pain, inequality in COVID outcomes, and staff retention problems
April 05, 2024 14:32 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB“Social distancing is a privilege,” is the core message underlying the first paper brought by Sarah to this month’s roundup, as it unpacks the stark differences in COVID-19 outcomes across the spectrum of racial and ethnic groups in the United States. A second paper examines the returning rates of COVID patients across a large group of emergency departments in Canada, and the factors at play there. The final topic is one of Rick’s favourites, focusing on troponin testing in ambulances. Arti...
Aortic dissection, coroners' court, and age-related outcomes: March 2024 Primary Survey
March 04, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBA feast of aortic papers this month, including a study on missed aortic dissection diagnoses and an analysis of coroners' reports. Rick runs through the findings of an interesting study from the Trainee Emergency Research Network (TERN), and Sarah finishes off with a paper on predicting adverse outcomes in elderly patients with orthopaedic trauma. Articles discussed in this episode: Ohle R, Savage DW, Caswell J, et al. Mortality and risk factors associated with misdiagnosis of acute aortic...
Trip killers, sympathetic crashing, and all sorts of sedatives: February 2024 Primary Survey
February 01, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBThere's a lot of drugs to be talked about this month, and a heap of randomised control trials to be covered too. Rick and Sarah talk though the combining of nitrous oxide and fentanyl for sedation, the environmental impact of analgesics, the efficacy of acute heart failure treatment with high-dose and low-dose nitrates, and more newly published work from the latest issue of the journal. Articles discussed in this episode: Safety and efficacy of a nitrous oxide procedural sedation progra...
Managing acute behavioural disturbance, and some innovations in emergency care: January 2024 Primary Survey
January 08, 2024 11:40 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBWhat are the questions to ask when dealing with acute behavioural disturbance? Join Sarah and Rick this month for a discussion of this difficult presentation. They also explore the topics of reducing low-acuity attendance, taking NHS 111 online, and the impact of a health coaching intervention for potentially recurrent attendees. Articles discussed in this episode: Highlights of the January 2024 issue https://emj.bmj.com/content/41/1/1 Consensus on acute behavioural disturbance in the UK:...
Point of care ultrasound and COVID telephone triage: December 2023 Primary Survey
December 06, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes - 14.7 MBHear a summary of some of the best papers published in the December 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. The podcast this month covers a trio of ultrasound papers addressing its use in the treatment of distal radial fractures, and thoracic and abdominal stab wound injuries. Featured also is a paper investigating the effectiveness of a predictive system for COVID-19 triage by telephone. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/12/803 The EMJ podcast is hosted by: Dr...
Cauda equina diagnosis, suspected sepsis, and e-scooter cases in the ED: November 2023 Primary Survey
November 01, 2023 09:34 - 33 minutes - 31 MBHear a summary of some of the best papers published in the November 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. This month's podcast discusses a wide array of topics like cauda equina syndrome, biases in blood alcohol testing services, bystander CPR effectiveness in cardiac arrest, and the healthcare impacts of e-scooter use. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/11/741 The EMJ podcast is hosted by: Dr. Richard Body, EMJ Deputy Editor, University of Manchester, UK (@rich...
Clinical negligence claims, silver trauma and parental anxiety
October 03, 2023 14:53 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBHear a summary of some of the best papers published in the October 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. This month's podcast covers a variety of topics from litigation issues in the ED, young people's experiences in the Paediatric ED, parental anxiety in the PED, and all about 'Silver trauma'. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/10/687. The EMJ podcast is hosted by: Dr. Richard Body, EMJ Deputy Editor, University of Manchester, UK (@richardbody) Dr. Sarah Edwar...
Clinical negligence claims, silver trauma and parental anxiety: October 2023 Primary Survey
October 03, 2023 14:53 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBHear a summary of some of the best papers published in the October 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. This month's podcast covers a variety of topics from litigation issues in the ED, young people's experiences in the Paediatric ED, parental anxiety in the PED, and all about 'Silver trauma'. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/10/687. The EMJ podcast is hosted by: Dr. Richard Body, EMJ Deputy Editor, University of Manchester, UK (@richardbody) Dr. Sarah Edwar...
It’s OK to feel uncertain as a new consultant: September 2023 Primary Survey
September 01, 2023 10:51 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBThis is the summary of some of the best papers we published in the September 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Rick and Sarah discuss a trio of papers on health services, the use of isopropyl alcohol as an anti-emetic, and they talk to Dr Anna Collini, co-author of a paper that explores how new emergency medicine consultants experience uncertainty (https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/9/624). Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/9/621. The EMJ podcast is hosted by: Dr...
It’s OK to feel uncertain as a new consultant
September 01, 2023 10:51 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBThis is the summary of some of the best papers we published in the September 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Rick and Sarah discuss a trio of papers on health services, the use of isopropyl alcohol as an anti-emetic, and they talk to Dr Anna Collini, co-author of a paper that explores how new emergency medicine consultants experience uncertainty (https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/9/624). Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/9/621. The EMJ podcast is hosted by: Dr...
Escalation decisions during COVID, and predicting occult scaphoid fractures: August 2023 Primary Survey
August 01, 2023 09:18 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBA summary of some of the best paper we published in the August 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Rick and Sarah talk through topics touching on the assessment of scaphoid and ankle injuries, patient involvement in research, frequent attendees to the ED, and deciding which patients to escalate during a pandemic. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/8/539 The EMJ podcast is hosted by: Dr. Richard Body, EMJ Deputy Editor, University of Manchester, UK (@richardbody)...
IV paracetamol trumps opiates, managing prehospital self-harm, and empowering waiting patients: July 2023 Primary Survey
July 03, 2023 04:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBA summary of some of the best paper we published in the July 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Rick and Sarah talk through topics on Pre Hospital assessment of chest pain, management of pain in the emergency department and some thoughts on improving the experience for the waiting patient. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/7/471 The EMJ podcast is hosted by: Dr. Richard Body, EMJ Deputy Editor, University of Manchester, UK (@richardbody) Dr. Sarah Edwards, EM...
Primary Survey - the highlights of June 2023
June 02, 2023 12:55 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBA summary of some of the best paper we published in the June 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Rick and Sarah talk through topics including home pulse oximetry, out of hospital cardiac arrest, the perils of correctly calculating respiratory rate in the ED and even cross-cultural adaptation of patient communication material. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/6/393 You can subscribe to the EMJ podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google P...
Primary Survey - the highlights of May 2023
April 26, 2023 20:41 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBRick Body, University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, and Sarah Edwards, University Hospitals of Derby NHS Foundation Trust, cover the pick of the papers from EMJ's May 2023 issue. In this edition, we cover papers on shoulder dislocation, blunt chest trauma, uterine bleeding, medical errors, benign paroxysmal position vertigo, and calcium and QTc interval. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/5/317 You can subscribe to the EMJ podcast via all pod...
Primary Survey - the highlights of April 2023
March 29, 2023 22:33 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MBA summary of some of the best paper we published in the April 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Rick and Sarah talk through topics including the impact of emergency physician gender on the outcomes of patients with early pregnancy loss; major trauma centre care for patients with low velocity trauma; the development of a new checklist for emergency paediatric intubation; the effect of head-up position on intubation success in the Emergency Department; and spiking by injection in th...
Primary Survey - the highlights of March 2023
February 27, 2023 11:50 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBA summary of some of the best papers we published in the March 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. EMJ's deputy editor Rick Body and social media editor Sarah Edwards talk through topics including biomarkers of traumatic brain injury, the limping child, hypothermia and sepsis in infants and the importance of avoiding secondary insults in patients intubated for traumatic brain injury in the prehospital environment. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/3/157 You can sub...
Primary Survey - the highlights of February 2023
January 31, 2023 12:13 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBThe best of the papers from our February 2023 issue, covered by Sarah Edwards and Rick Body. This month we cover great papers on COVID-19 and wellbeing, domestic violence and the diagnosis of testicular torsion. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/2/83. You can subscribe to the EMJ podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify, to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a revi...
Primary Survey - the highlights of January 2023
January 12, 2023 18:59 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBA rundown of some of the best papers we published in the January 2023 edition of the journal. We cover an excellent practice review on the management of pulmonary embolism, going through some of the great pearls of wisdom relevant to our practice. How do you risk stratify patients with PE? What do you treat them with and how do you decide, especially when there are special considerations? When should you use thrombolysis? We cover a national survey of practice for prophyalxis of venous thromb...
Primary Survey - the highlights of December 2022
November 28, 2022 14:40 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBA selection of the best papers from our December 2022, picked apart and distilled for you by Rick Body and Sarah Edwards. In this festive issue we cover anaesthesia for paediatric forearm fractures, ultrasound diagnosis of acute appendicitis, a deep dive into the predictive value of vital signs, clinical judgement versus early warning scores, pulmonary embolism and... Do you know what calibration drift is? If not, listen and you'll find out! Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39...
Primary Survey - the highlights of November 2022
October 31, 2022 15:26 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBA selection of the best papers from our November 2022 edition. Rick and Sarah take you through five great papers discussing headache, subarachnoid haemorrhage, pre-hospital births, how to mitigate emergency physician stress in resuscitation and pathways for the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/11/799. You can subscribe to the EMJ podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify...
Primary Survey - the highlights of October 2022
September 28, 2022 12:08 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBThe best of our October 2022 issue, covering a superb qualitative study exploring the experience of older adults in the Emergency Medicine Journal with a wonderful accompanying editorial; a look at variation in practice for treating pre-orbital and orbital cellulitis in children; the association between anticoagulation and mortality in major trauma; point of care testing for tetanus immunity and more. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/10/723 You can subscribe to the EMJ podc...
Primary Survey - the highlights of September 2022
September 14, 2022 17:49 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBSarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, and Rick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, give an overview of the best of the September issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. They cover a plethora of clinically relevant papers. There's a terrific non-inferiority trial looking at the use of non-sterile gloves to repair traumatic wounds in the Emergency Department, two great papers that look at whether we might avoid x-ray for patients with suspected shoulder dislocation (one involving ultrasound), a f...
Primary Survey - the highlights of August 2022
August 31, 2022 11:20 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBSarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, and Rick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, take you through the best of the Emergency Medicine Journal in August 2022, covering topics from COVID-19 to triage to community Emergency Medicine to complications of emergency intubation in children and survival rates for out of hospital cardiac arrest. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/8/567, and the complete issue: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/8. If you enjoy our podcast, please consider l...
Primary Survey - the highlights of July 2022
August 19, 2022 17:46 - 42 minutes - 39 MBSarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, and Rick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, take you through the best of the Emergency Medicine Journal in July 2022. They cover some important topics including ED crowding, telephone triage, unrecognised endobroncheal intubation, acute coronary syndromes and pre-hospital trauma. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/7/491 If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the EMJ Podcast iTunes page (https://podca...
Primary Survey - the highlights of May 2022
May 20, 2022 08:48 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBThis month we have a feast of studies looking at cardiac arrest. Want to know if one-handed CPR is any good for multi-tasking pre-hospital responders? You'll find out if you listen. Want to know if pre-hospital ECMO should be a thing for elite athletes at major events? We cover that too. Want to know if machine learning is about to revolutionise our practice and solve all our crowding problems? It's all here. And more. Take a listen and keep yourself at the cutting edge! Read the highlights: ...
Primary Survey - the highlights of April 2022 in 30 minutes!
April 27, 2022 17:44 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBRick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, and Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, talk through the very best of the Emergency Medicine Journal with most of the papers we published in April 2022. We cover everything from sepsis and qSOFA scoring to how to manage traumatic pneumothoraces and how to recognise cervical spine injuries. We even look at the problem we have with convenience sampling in Emergency Medicine clinical research studies. Do we need to make big changes? Have a listen and find ...
Primary Survey - the highlights of March 2022, including MUST READ papers on ED exit block
March 08, 2022 15:56 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBRick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, and Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, talk through the highlights of the March 2022 edition of the EMJ. We've picked out some of the hottest, most controversial papers from this month's episodes and we're privileged to have the thoughts of the EMJ Editor in Chief, Ellen Weber. We'll discuss hot issues from the association between exit block and mortality, the 4-hour target, the prognostic importance of admitting patients to outlying wards, decision a...
Primary Survey - the February 2022 issue in just over 30 minutes!
January 20, 2022 10:53 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBRick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, and Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, talk through the highlights of the February edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/2/85. You can subscribe to the EMJ podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify, to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the EMJ Podcast iTunes pag...
Primary Survey - the January 2022 issue in 30 minutes!
January 06, 2022 23:33 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBRick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, and Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, talk through the highlights of the January 2022 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/1/1 Details of the papers mentioned in the podcast: Frequent attendance at the emergency department shows typical features of complex systems: analysis of multicentre linked data: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/1/3 Heterogeneity of reasons for attendance in frequent atten...
Primary Survey - the highlights of December 2021
November 25, 2021 16:23 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBSimon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the December 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/12/867 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Evaluation of a state law on opioid-prescribing behaviour and the void affecting codeine-containing antitussive syrup - https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/12/889 We Need to Talk About Codeine: an Implementation Study to reduce the number of E...
Primary Survey - the highlights of August 2021
July 19, 2021 07:08 - 10 minutes - 9.74 MBSimon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the August 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. A systematic mixed studies review of patient experiences in the ED https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2021/03/03/emermed-2020-210634 To prescribe or not to prescribe for paediatric sore throat: A retrospective cohort study comparing clinician-led antibiotic prescriptions to FeverPAIN and Centor scoring in a tertiary Paediatric Emergency Department and a national ...
Primary Survey - the highlights of June 2021
June 15, 2021 07:48 - 8 minutes - 8.09 MBSimon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the June 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/407 Emergency medicine electronic health record usability: where to from here? (16 March, 2021) FREE Katie Walker, Tim Dwyer, Heather A Heaton: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/408 Usability of electronic health record systems in UK EDs Editor's Choice (3 March, 2021) Benjamin Michael Bloom, Jason Pot...
Primary Survey - the highlights of April 2021
April 14, 2021 09:16 - 11 minutes - 15.3 MBSimon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the April 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/249 Environmentally sustainable emergency medicine: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/315 When dispatcher assistance is not saving lives: assessment of process compliance, barriers and outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a metropolitan city in China: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/252 S10...
Primary Survey - the highlights of February 2021
February 08, 2021 10:03 - 11 minutes - 16.5 MBSimon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the February 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2/87 Post-exertion oxygen saturation as a prognostic factor for adverse outcome in patients attending the emergency department with suspected COVID-19: a substudy of the PRIEST observational cohort study https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2/88 Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care lung ultrasound in COVI...
Primary Survey - the highlights of November 2020
November 11, 2020 13:40 - 9 minutes - 12.8 MBSimon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the November 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11/657 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Risk of significant traumatic brain injury in adults with minor head injury taking direct oral anticoagulants: a cohort study and updated meta-analysis - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11/666 Head home: a prospective cohort...
Primary Survey - the highlights of October 2020
October 29, 2020 12:36 - 11 minutes - 15.2 MBSimon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the October 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/593 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Are we preaching to the choir? Where should studies on frequent users of EDs be published? - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/595 Frequent attendances at emergency departments in England - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10...
GECCo - sharing in global health for everyone
October 07, 2020 10:50 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBGlobal Emergency Care Collaborative (GECCo) is an initiative that aims to enhance global health interest and capacity within the field of emergency care. Editor-in-Chief of EMJ, Ellen Weber, talks to the group responsible for the initiative. Read the related papers on the EMJ website: https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2020/08/29/emermed-2020-209432 - Global health and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine: a cross-sectional survey of members and fellows https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/4/255 ...
Primary Survey - the highlights of August 2020
August 11, 2020 08:49 - 8 minutes - 11.4 MBSimon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the August 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/7/395 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Undertriage of the elderly major trauma patient continues in major trauma centre care: a retrospective cohort review - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/8/508 I-FiBH trial: intravenous fluids in benign headaches—a randomised, sing...
Can COVID-19 be an opportunity for the future of Emergency Departments?
July 30, 2020 10:14 - 24 minutes - 55.1 MBWhat has COVID-19 meant for emergency care, and what will have to change going forward? Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Editor-in-Chief of EMJ, Ellen Weber, discuss the reconfiguration brought to hospitals because of the pandemic and the role of emergency medicine now and in the future. They also reflect on how the virus exposed health inequalities and linked with the Black Lives Matter movement. Read the related editorial of the August is...
Primary Survey: the highlights of July 2020
July 22, 2020 09:58 - 9 minutes - 20.9 MBSimon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the July 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/7/395 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Updated framework on quality and safety in emergency medicine - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/7/437 Evaluating the sustained effectiveness of a multimodal intervention aimed at influencing PIVC insertion practices in the emerge...
Primary Survey: the highlights of June 2020
June 15, 2020 10:26 - 8 minutes - 11.9 MBSimon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the June 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/6/321 Other links: Suffocating in the eye of the storm: attempting to breathe at the epicentre of New York’s COVID-19 pandemic - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/6/330 Onsite telemedicine strategy for coronavirus (COVID-19) screening to limit exposure in ED - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/6/335 Implications for C...
Primary Survey: the highlights of May 2020
May 20, 2020 16:15 - 15 minutes - 35 MBA bit later than usual, but here we are again! Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks with Professor Richard Body about the highlights of the May 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - emj.bmj.com/content/37/5/249 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: SARS: experience from the emergency department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore - emj.bmj.com/content/20/6/501 Views and experiences of nurses in providing end-of-l...
Primary Survey: the highlights of April 2020
April 15, 2020 11:04 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MBSimon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the April 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Our regular monthly round up of the best and the brightest in the April edition of the EMJ. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/177 Impact of emergency care centralisation on mortality and efficiency: a retrospective service evaluation - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/180 Three into one does go - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/178 Eme...
Covid-19 challenges in a Singapore paediatric emergency department
April 03, 2020 17:29 - 31 minutes - 42.7 MBDr. Khai Pin Lee and Dr. Gene Yong-Kwang Ong, from the Department of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Kandang Kerbau Hospital, Singapore, tell Editor-in-Chief of EMJ, Dr. Ellen Weber, how the novel coronavirus is changing their ED and the Singaporean society in general. They are two of the authors of “Dynamic adaptation to COVID-19 in a Singapore paediatric emergency department”, a paper which will be published in the next few days by EMJ in the following address: dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-20...
Primary Survey: the highlights of March 2020
March 16, 2020 13:27 - 11 minutes - 15.2 MBSimon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the March 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/117. Predicting abusive head trauma in children https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/118 Validation of the PredAHT-2 prediction tool for abusive head trauma https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/119 Association of clinically important traumatic brain injury and Glasgow Coma Scale scores in children with head inj...