EMJ Podcast

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EMJ Podcast episodes

August 06, 2019 Primary Survey: the highlights of August 2019
Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the August 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal.
Read the primary survey here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/451
Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below:
First responder communication in CBRN environments: FIRCOM-CBRN study - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/456
Impact of emergency physician experience on decision-making in patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia and undergoing systematic thoracic CT scan - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/485
Meta-analysis of the accuracy of termination of resuscitation rules for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/479
Potential added value of the new emergency care dataset to ED-based public health surveillance in England: an initial concept analysis - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/459
Paracetamol versus other analgesia in adult patients with minor musculoskeletal injuries: a systematic review - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/493
Recognising bias in studies of diagnostic tests part 2: interpreting and verifying the index test - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/501
Man versus machine: comparison of naked-eye estimation and quantified capillary refill - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/465
Read the full August issue - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8
14 min
July 25, 2019 Primary Survey: the highlights of July 2019
Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the July 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal.
Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/385
Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below:
Epidemiology of traumatic injuries presenting to an ED in Central Haiti: a retrospective cohort study - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/389
Prehospital tranexamic acid shortens the interval to administration by half in Major Trauma Networks: a service evaluation - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/395
Confirmed cardiac output on emergency medical services arrival as confounding by indication: an observational study of prehospital airway management in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/410
Driving stroke quality improvement at scale in EDs across a nationwide network of hospitals: strategies and interventions - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/423
The association of paramedic rapid sequence intubation and survival in out-of-hospital stroke - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/416
Reducing repeat paediatric emergency department attendance for non-urgent care: a systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/435
Read the full July issue here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/7.
14 min
May 21, 2019 Primary Survey: the highlights of June 2019
Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the June 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal.
Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/6/324
Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below:
Measurement and improvement of emergency department performance through inspection and rating: an observational study of emergency departments in acute hospitals in England - https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/10/emermed-2018-207941
Prehospital determinants of successful resuscitation after traumatic and non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/05/02/emermed-2018-208165
Ageing population has changed the nature of major thoracic injury - https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/02/emermed-2018-207943.abstract
'They don't are how much you know until they know how much you care': A qualitative meta-synthesis of patient experience in the Emergency Department - https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/19/emermed-2018-208156
Anatomy of resuscitative care unit: expanding the borders of traditional intensive care units - emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/16/emermed-2019-208455.abstract
Plight of the pelvic exam - https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/16/emermed-2019-208474
Read the full June issue - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/6
10 min
May 03, 2019 Primary Survey: the highlights of May 2019
Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the May 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal.
Read the primary survey here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/257
Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below:
Could this be Measles? - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/310
Randomised controlled trial of simulation-based education for mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation training - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/266
Preferred learning modalities and practice for critical skills: a global survey of paediatric emergency medicine clinicians - emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/273
Immune checkpoint blockade toxicity among patients with cancer presenting to the emergency department - emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/306
Major incident triage and the evaluation of the Triage Sort as a secondary triage method - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/281
Distributions of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) across a healthcare system following a large-scale roll-out - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/287
A mixed methods study of the impact of consultant overnight working in an English Emergency Department - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/298
Read the full May issue here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/5.
11 min
February 28, 2019 Taking the stage: a development programme for women speakers in emergency medicine
The Speaker Development Programme (SDP) is a prize-winning year-long curriculum aimed at developing women speakers as a step on the journey towards academic recognition. Editor-in-Chief of the Emergency Medicine Journal Professor Ellen Weber talks to Dr Dara Kass, the founder of this program. They also discuss the project FemInEm, an organisation dedicated to gender equity in emergency medicine.
Read the related article on the EMJ website: (https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/01/10/emermed-2018-207818). The commentary mentioned in the podcast will be published with the April issue of the journal.
More papers mentioned in the podcast:
- Are there too few women presenting at emergency medicine conferences? (https://emj.bmj.com/content/33/10/681)
- When will we have enough women speakers in emergency medicine? (https://emj.bmj.com/content/33/10/680)
18 min
January 29, 2019 Primary Survey: the highlights of February 2019
Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the February 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal.
Read the primary survey here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/2/63
Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below:
A simple clinical assessment is superior to systematic triage in prediction of mortality in the emergency department - emj.bmj.com/content/36/2/66
A systematic review examining the impact of redirecting low-acuity patients seeking emergency department care: is the juice worth the squeeze? - emj.bmj.com/content/36/2/97
From ED overcrowding to jail overcrowding: a cautionary tale of a Serial Inebriate Programme (SIP) - emj.bmj.com/content/36/2/92
UK’s initial operational response and specialist operational response to CBRN and HazMat incidents: a primer on decontamination protocols for healthcare professionals - emj.bmj.com/content/36/2/117
Implementation of tranexamic acid for bleeding trauma patients: a longitudinal and cross-sectional study - emj.bmj.com/content/36/2/78
Emergency medical services oxygen equipment: a fomite for transmission of MRSA? - emj.bmj.com/content/36/2/89
Factors influencing variation in investigations after a negative CT brain scan in suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage: a qualitative study- emj.bmj.com/content/36/2/72
Prolonged length of stay in the emergency department and increased risk of hospital mortality in patients with sepsis requiring ICU admission - emj.bmj.com/content/36/2/82
Approach to syncope in the emergency department - emj.bmj.com/content/36/2/108
Read the full February issue here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/2.
13 min
January 10, 2019 Primary Survey: the highlights of January 2019
Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the January 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, chosen by Editor-in-Chief Ellen Weber.
Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/36/1/1.
Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below:
The view from here: on the other side of the curtain - emj.bmj.com/content/36/1/52
Accuracy of NEXUS II head injury decision rule in children: a prospective PREDICT cohort study - emj.bmj.com/content/36/1/4
Side effects of decision rules, or the law of unintended consequences - emj.bmj.com/content/36/1/2
Analgesia in the emergency department: why is it not administered? - emj.bmj.com/content/36/1/12
Urgent care axis for the older adult: where is best to target interventions? - emj.bmj.com/content/36/1/22
Exploring parents’ reasons for attending the emergency department for children with minor illnesses: a mixed methods systematic review - emj.bmj.com/content/36/1/39
Read the full January issue here: emj.bmj.com/content/36/1
11 min
December 11, 2018 Primary Survey: the highlights of December 2018
Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the December 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, chosen by Associate Editor Mary Dawood.
Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/12/719
Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below:
Evaluation of the provision of helicopter emergency medical services in Europe - emj.bmj.com/content/35/12/720
Heart failure and palliative care in the emergency department - emj.bmj.com/content/35/12/726
Performing sit down medicine in a stand-up place: is it time for palliative care in the emergency department? - emj.bmj.com/content/35/12/730
Predrawn prehospital medications are microbiologically safe for up to 48 hours - emj.bmj.com/content/35/12/743
Systematic review and meta-analysis of pre-hospital diagnostic accuracy studies - emj.bmj.com/content/35/12/757
Read the full December 2018 issue of EMJ here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/12
10 min
December 04, 2018 Primary Survey: the highlights of November 2018
Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the November 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month chosen by Associate Editor Professor Rick Body.
Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/11/651
Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below:
Managing accidental hypothermia: a UK-wide survey of prehospital and search and rescue providers - emj.bmj.com/content/35/11/652
Managing accidental hypothermia: progress but still some way to go - emj.bmj.com/content/35/11/657
Characteristics and outcomes of accidental hypothermia in Japan: the J-Point registry - emj.bmj.com/content/35/11/659
Indoor accidental hypothermia in the elderly: an emerging lethal entity in the 21st century - emj.bmj.com/content/35/11/667
Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest: the development of an algorithm to guide recognition, management and decisions to terminate resuscitation - emj.bmj.com/content/35/11/669
Defining significant childhood illness and injury in the Emergency Department: a consensus of UK and Ireland expert opinion - emj.bmj.com/content/35/11/685
Understanding better how emergency doctors work. Analysis of distribution of time and activities of emergency doctors: a systematic review and critical appraisal of time and motion studies - emj.bmj.com/content/35/11/692
Read the full November 2018 issue of EMJ here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/11
10 min
November 15, 2018 More evidence needed to divert patients from emergency departments
The systematic review discussed in this podcast outlines inconclusive evidence for the effectiveness of diversion strategies on emergency department use and healthcare utilisation.
Dr Brian Rowe, from the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada, tells Editor-in-Chief of EMJ Professor Ellen Weber other strategies are needed to address ED overcrowding.
Read the paper at http://emj.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/emermed-2017-207045.
Related articles:
The patient’s dilemma: attending the emergency department with a minor illness (https://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1941);
Low-acuity presentations to the emergency department in Canada: exploring the alternative attempts to avoid presentation (https://emj.bmj.com/content/34/4/249).
13 min

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The Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ) podcast is your premier source for the latest insights and developments in pre-hospital, hospital emergency medicine and critical care. Join the EMJ journal’s Deputy Editor and Social Media Editor each month as they discuss key highlights from the latest issue.