RCEM Learning

This month for the July 2023 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast we've got a New in EM segment looking at the highly publicised PATCH-trauma trial looking at the use of TXA in trauma. We then hear from Becky & Chris about the new NICE head injury guidelines which is the first in a two parter. We then have more Dave McCreary-related content as he speaks with Joseph Mathew about High Acuity Low Occurrence procedures, and then end with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here.

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• Prehospital Tranexamic Acid for Severe Trauma (PATCH-Trauma Investigators, 2023)

• NICE - Head injury: assessment and early management

• The Procedures Course
• Maintaining skills and preventing skills fade - Dave McCreary. DevelopingEM, Darwin, 2022.
• The Procedures Course Podcast on Podbean

• The Dying Patient - Thomas Mac Mahon
• NIHR Incubator – Applying for grants, fellowships and personal awards
• Eating Disorders in the ED - Liz Herrieven

This month we discuss Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiac rhythm change over time in patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest, Spiking and Blunt chest wall trauma

This month for the June 2023 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast we've got two New in EM segments looking at the use of end-tidal CO2 at triage and looking at positioning for lumbar punctures. We then hear from Becky & Chris about a guideline for nitrous oxide toxicity. We then speak with Dani Hall about her practice changing papers in PEM, and then end with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here.

• End-tidal carbon dioxide measured at emergency department triage outperforms standard triage vital signs in predicting in-hospital mortality and intensive care unit admission (Ladde et al., 2023)

• RCEM - Suspected nitrous oxide toxicity in Emergency Departments

• Is Lateral Decubitus or Upright Positioning Optimal for Lumbar Puncture Success in a Teaching Hospital? (Thundiyil et al., 2023)

• The CAP-IT Study (Bielicki et al., 2021)
• The FORCE Study (Perry et al., 2022)
• The Bell-PIC Study (Babl et al., 2022)

• Trek Tragedy - Review on Lyme Disease - Anju Menon
• Non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage - Jamie Cooper
• Risk and Safety (Part Two) - Charlotte Davies and Steve Walters

This month for the May 2023 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast we've got two New in EM segments which shoulder relocation technique is best and the use of TXA in haemoptysis. We then speak with Tessa Davis of Don't Forget The Bubbles fame and her top tips for delivering teaching online. We then speak to Evan Bayton about the RCEM Coat of Arms and what on earth it all means, and then end with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here.

• A Systematic Review with Pairwise and Network Meta-Analysis of Closed Reduction Methods for Anterior Shoulder Dislocation (Gonai et al., 2023)

• Tessa Davis Twitter
• Tessa Davis' Homepage

• Nebulized vs IV Tranexamic Acid for Hemoptysis: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (Gopinath et al., 2023)

• The RCEM Coat of Arms

• #PEM23 - Nikki Abela and Liz Herrieven
• Curriculum Cup - Major Trauma - RCEMLearning
• Necrotising Fasciitis - Amy Armstrong

This month Graham talks to our very own Rob Hirst about Establishing the research priorities of emergency medicine trainees, patients and carers across the UK and Ireland: the TERN Delphi study. Then Susie Roy discusses Cervical spine movements during laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

This month for the April 2023 RCEMLearning podcast we've got two New in EM segments looking at using lactate to identify epileptic seizures and the impact of familiarity on performance. Becky and Chris delve into a guideline for non-fatal strangulation, and then finally we bring you three new articles for your CPD in New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here.

• Utility of serum lactate on differential diagnosis of seizure-like activity: A systematic review and meta-analysis - Patel et al. (2022)

• Managing non-fatal strangulation in the emergency department
• FFLM Guidelines for non-fatal strangulation

• Effect of Increased Interprofessional Familiarity on Team Performance, Communication, and Psychological Safety on Inpatient Medical Teams: A Randomized Clinical Trial - Iyasere et al. (2022)

• Ramadan in the ED - Usama Basit
• Brugada Syndrome – Sameera Ganti, Derek Heng Jiun Yi, Eunizar Omar
• Management of Haematuria – Evan Coughlan and Andrew Parfitt

This month Noel and Stephen discuss Diagnostic performance of S100B as a rule-out test for intracranial pathology in head-injured patients presenting to the emergency department who meet NICE Head Injury Guideline criteria for CT-head scan, and Graham discusses Paediatric acute non traumatic limp.