EMJ podcast

Simon 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

Emergency department visits during the 4/20 cannabis celebration - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/187 Routine alcohol screening in the ED: unscreened patients have an increased risk for hazardous alcohol use - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/206 Inadvertent tissue adhesive tarsorrhaphy of the eyelid: a review and exploratory trial of removal methods of Histoacryl - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/212 Performance of the MEDS score in predicting mortality among emergency department patients with a suspected infection: a meta-analysis - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/232.

Read the full April issue here: - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4

Dr. 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-2020-209634

Simon 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 injury https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/127 Biological mechanisms and individual variation in fibrinolysis after major trauma https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/135 Prehospital critical care is associated with increased survival in adult trauma patients in Scotland https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/141 Cranial burr holes in the emergency department: to drill or not to drill? https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/151 Cranial burr holes in the emergency department: to drill or not to drill? https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/154 Lessons from a pilot for uncontrolled donation after circulatory death in the ED in the UK https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/155 Non-invasive techniques for stimulating urine production in non-toilet trained children: a systematic review https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/162

Read the full March issue here - emj.bmj.com/content/37/3

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the February 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal.

Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/2/55.

Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below:

‘Stealth trauma’ in the young and the old: the next challenge for major trauma networks? - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/2/56

Massive transfusion in The Netherlands - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/2/65 Blunt chest trauma in the elderly: an expert practice review - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/2/73

How can pain management in the emergency department be improved? Findings from multiple case study analysis of pain management in three UK emergency departments - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/2/85

Read the full February issue here - emj.bmj.com/content/37/2

The Heartlands Elderly Care Trauma and Ongoing Recovery Programme is the BMJ 2018 award winner for Emergency Medicine.

Dr David Raven, the National Course director for the HECTOR project and emergency medicine consultant at the Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK, tells EMJ’s Editor-in-Chief Ellen Weber what makes this project unique.

Read the paper on the EMJ website (https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/12/11/emermed-2019-209143) and on the February 2020 issue of the journal.

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the January 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal.

Read the primary survey here - emj.bmj.com/content/37/1

Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below:

Comparison of four decision aids for the early diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1/8

The incidence of airway haemorrhage in manual versus mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1/14

Epidemiology of adolescent trauma in England: a review of TARN data 2008–2017 -

https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1/25

Blood Glucose Reduction in Patients Treated with Insulin and Dextrose for Hyperkalemia - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1/31

No rest for the weary: A cross-sectional study comparing patients sleep in the emergency department to those on the ward https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1/42

Thromboprophylaxis in Lower Limb Immobilisation after Injury (TiLLI) https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1/36

Emergency Medicine: let’s feed the good wolf - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1/52

Read the full January issue here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the October 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal.

Patients don’t have language barriers; the healthcare system does - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/10/580

Observational study to understand interpreter service use in emergency medicine: why the key may lie outside of the initial provider assessment - Editor's Choice - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/10/582

Framing of clinical information affects physicians’ diagnostic accuracy - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/10/589

Impact of the caller’s emotional state and cooperation on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest recognition and dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/10/595

Diurnal, weekly and seasonal variations of chest pain in patients transported by emergency medical services - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/10/601

Pulmonary embolism following complex trauma: UK MTC observational study - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/10/608

Adapting the Canadian CT head rule age criteria for mild traumatic brain injury - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/10/617

Read the full October issue here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/10.

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the September 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal.

Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/517

Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below:

The Panoramic Dental Radiograph for Emergency Physicians - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/565

Exploring the characteristics, acuity and management of adult ED patients at night-time - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/554

Evaluation of the criteria for trauma activation in the paediatric emergency department - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/529

Why are people increasingly attending the emergency department? A study of the French healthcare system - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/548

Location of arrest and effect of prehospital advanced airway management after emergency medical service-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Nationwide observational study - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/541

Phenomenological study exploring ethics in prehospital research from the paramedic’s perspective: experiences from the Paramedic-2 trial in a UK ambulance service - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/535

Process conformance is associated with successful first intubation attempt and lower odds of adverse events in a paediatric emergency setting - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/520

Triaging the triage: reducing waiting time to triage in the emergency department at a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, India - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/558

Read the full September issue - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9

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

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.