Another invitation to the Trauma Care Conference this year inspired us to combine two of the excellent speakers into this podcast considering major incidents. Thanks to both our speakers for sharing their talks from the conference.   Trauma Care offer more than the annual conference; there are monthly webinars and regional meetings too, click … Continue reading Episode 29: Major Incidents

Episode 29: Major Incidents

A UK Prehospital Emergency Medicine Podcast. 

This podcast and associated website aims to:

- Share knowledge and expertise in the field of prehospital medicine with specific reference to the UK working environment
- Make this content relevant to all professional prehospital practitioners

Science & Medicine

Natural Sciences

Social Sciences

Medicine

Further reading Matt has kindly provided a list of references from his Trauma Care talk which this podcast is based on: Peri-operative and critical care management of the brain – current evidence. Anaesthesia: Vol 77, No S1. The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: fourth edition Vasopressors in Trauma: A … Continue reading Vasopressors in Trauma

Vasopressors in Trauma

Read more about the Cochrane injuries group: https://injuries.cochrane.org/about-us-0 Have a listen to the earlier TXA podcast here: https://phemcast.co.uk/2018/01/18/episode-26-tranexamic-acid/ Do you want to revise your clotting pathways and the mechanism of action of TXA?! Here are some links to the excellent Life in the Fast Lane: https://partone.litfl.com/clotting.html https://partone.litfl.com/unclotting.html The Resus Room podcast which discusses Tim and … Continue reading TXA – an update

TXA – an update

Road traffic collisions are a leading cause of death and injury. Following a road traffic collision many patients will remain trapped in their vehicle. Extrication is the process by which injured or potentially injured people are removed from their vehicle by the rescue services. Rescue service training focuses on the absolute movement minimisation of potentially … Continue reading Extrication

Extrication

This is the book Jon quotes, “Pain is a symphony…” The International Association for the Study of Pain’s revised definition of pain is available here. If you’d like to read more about ‘nocebo’ i.e. the non-pharmacological adverse effects of an intervention, have a look at this article. Penthrox For more information on Penthrox, you can … Continue reading Pain (& analgesia)

Pain (& analgesia)

Before you listen to this new podcast, we encourage you to go back and have a listen to Episode 16: Blood which we released in 2017 outlining the available evidence about prehospital blood, and the background to the RePHILL trial. The RePHILL (Resuscitation with Pre-Hospital Blood Products) original paper is available here, and you can … Continue reading RePHILL

Episode 29: Major Incidents

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