RCEM Learning

James Harding, Consultant at UHCW in Interventional Radiology, gives an overview of his talk from the Trauma Care Conference in Telford on Interventional Radiology (IR) in Trauma.

Resus Officers – They know how to run an arrest, it’s what they do and they are all very experienced at it.

Athletes in the ED, my ED, we hardly ever see them……..or so you might think. Actually the definition of an athlete means you come across them far more often than you may first have thought.

This is a blog and podcast produced on collaboration with St. Emlyns and the RCFN based on Professor Simon Carleys talk from the Trauma Care UK conference in Telford.

Hyperkalaemia is a common electrolyte disturbance with life threatening complications. The recognition and effective treatment is crucial in the ED. This vodcast gives a sound overview of the approach to hyperkalaemia.

Best Practice Guidelines are produced by the Royal College for important problems where there is anticipated to be little or no relevant high quality evidence.

Improving care in the ED, one department’s response to the Francis report. Gavin Lloyd sums up his talk from the #RCEMBelfast conference and discusses how his department has implemented some simple but effective measures to make some real differences to the care received by their patients.

Part 2 of the eye. This vodcast looks at the bony parts of the eye and the orbit. Make sure to check out Part 1 on bits of the eye. Part 3, the bits that move the eye will be out soon. Enjoy!

This podcast covers the Best Practice Guideline on Crowding in the Emergency Department. This is a huge problem for all of us that work in Emergency Medicine and this guideline aims to help inform your management of such a situation.

This year’s Douglas Chamberlain lecture at the LCAS was given by Prof. James Manning on his 25 years of research into cardiac arrest and the use of Selective Aortic Arch Perfusion in it’s management.