Insights on Child Death Reviews and Patient Safety Culture

Happy April! This month for the April 2025 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast we have Andy and Dave talking about the use of beta-blockers in sepsis. Becky and Chris talking about mortality reviews in the ED. In a similarly patient-safety aligned topic I speak to Maegan Ladell talking about patient safety culture and then finally, as always, New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here. After listening, complete a short quiz to have your time accredited for CPD at the RCEMLearning website!

(01:47) New in EM - Beta blockers in sepsis

• Landiolol for heart rate control in patients with septic shock and persistent tachycardia. A multicenter randomized clinical trial (Landi-SEP) (Rehberg et al., 2024)

(16:34) Guidelines for EM - Mortality reviews in the ED

• RCEM - Mortality Reviews in the ED (RCEM, 2025) [PDF]

(49:26) Patient Safety Culture - Meagen Ladell

• The problem with how we view medical (and diagnostic) error in emergency medicine (Ladell et al., 2025)
• SEIPS 101 and seven simple SEIPS tools (Holden and Carayon, 2021)

(01:12:16) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD

• Combatting the Crowd - Peter Fielding
• Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome - Thomas Mac Mahon
• Curriculum Cup: Ophthalmology - RCEMLearning