We all get encouraged to prescribe i.v. fluids as soon as a drunk patient pitches up to the ED but does it actually convert into a speedier time to discharge? In this podcast dr. Mark Winstanley talks us through a paper on the topic.

A look at a key paper from Perry in the BMJ looking at the sensitivity of non contrast CT head scans soon after the onset of a thunderclap headache. This paper is changing the way that many clinicians think and practice. Have a listen and see what you think.

On initial glance the diagnosis or rule out of acute coronary syndrome is easy but the more you read the more complex it becomes. In fact working up a suspected acute coronary syndrome is a real art form. In this podcast we review the evidence base surrounding the topic and will hopefully flag up some interesting points surrounding the disease.

So previously we've discussed the utility of ETCO2 for the prognostication of cardiac arrests but what about it's role in the diagnosis of everybody's favourite differential, the pulmonary embolus?

A look back at a practice changing publication from the Lancet on TXA in trauma.

Is cooling patients following cardiac arrest following the recent NEJM Targeted Temperature Management paper (TTM)?

Fixed dilated pupils following ROSC, surely that's destined to be a devastating neurological outcome? In this episode we look at this and other predictors of neurological outcome following ROSC.

Welcome to the first episode of HEFT EMCAST, this episode we'll be looking at a paper specifically on the utility of ETCO2 and it's value in predicting return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in patients in cardiac arrest.