Happy June! This month for the June 2025 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast Rob covers for Andy and discussed two HALO-heavy papers with Dave - looking at the London HEMS pre-hospital thoracotomy paper and a systematic review looking at resuscitative hysterotomy. Becky and Chris go on the first of a two part deep dive through a guideline looking at the management of acute behavioural disturbance and we then end with New Online! If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here . After ...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Happy May! This month for the May 2025 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast Rob covers for Andy and Dave and discusses a systematic review and meta-analysis looking at the safety of different rate control methods in treating AF with rapid ventricular response. Becky and Chris go on a very deep dive through a guideline looking at the management of patients with suspected but unidentified poisoning and we then end with New Online! If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here . After l...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 6 min
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...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 16 min
Happy March! This month for the March 2025 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast starts with an update from Rob. We have Andy and Dave talking about oxygen targets in trauma in the TRAUMOX2 RCT. Becky and Chris talk about a BOAST orthopaedic guideline for the management of lateral patella dislocation. We interview Raine Astin-Chamberlain about sex, gender and pregnancy in research and then finally, as always, New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here . After listening,...
Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Happy Valentine's Day! This month for the February 2025 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast, we have got a new in EM segments looking at the assessment of PE in younger patients. Becky and Chris detail a guideline on acute adrenal insufficiency, before ending with 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! Buy tickets to the EMTA Conference in Bristol, February 2...
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Happy New Year! This month for the January 2025 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast, we have got two new in EM segments looking at staff turnover and mortality and the assessment of febrile infants. Becky and Chris detail a guideline on acute kidney injury, before ending with 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! Buy tickets to the EMTA Conference in Bristol...
Jan 08, 2025•1 hr 21 min
Merry Christmas! This month for the December 2024 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast, we have got a new in EM segment looking at the surgical management of haemorrhagic stroke. Becky and Chris talk gift us with a big discussion around the management of pain in the ED. Rob talks to Laura Howard and Gregory Yates about reviving the BestBETS project, before ending with 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 ...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 29 min
This month for the November 2023 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast we're focusing on the RCEM ASC. Rob and Liz talk through their favourite talks from the conference and then we move on to our RCEM ASC Interview Megamix where I speak with thirteen presenters about their work from the RCEM ASC. This is going to be a mix of paediatric and adult EM, so feel free to have a look at the timestamps if you want to get to the stuff that is most relevant to you - I'd recommend you listen to it all! If ...
Nov 04, 2024•2 hr 1 min
Happy October! This month for the October 2024 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast, We have got two new in EM segments looking at the use of peripheral hypertonic saline and defibrillation strategies in refractory VF. Rob and I will then be discussing the RCEM Toolkit for caring with patients with learning disability. Rob then talks to the EM at the Deep End team, before ending with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here . After listening, complete a short quiz to...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Happy September! This month for the September 2024 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast, we have a new in EM section looking at the use of NIV for preoxygenation in RSI. We then have Becky and Chris going over a new Guidelines for EM looking at the NICE Guidelines for meningitis. Rob puts on his TERN hat and speaks to the two former TERN Fellows and Dan Horner about the results of the Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in the ED Study before ending with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel f...
Sep 09, 2024•1 hr 45 min
Happy August! This month for the August 2024 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast, we have two new in EM sections looking at the use of high flow nasal cannula vs. NIV for COPD and clinical gestalt for predicting sepsis. We then have Becky and Chris going over a new Guidelines for EM looking at opioid toxicity before ending with 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 w...
Aug 08, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Happy July! This month for the July 2024 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast, Rob and Liz do two New in EM papers looking at performance of febrile infant algorithms by duration of fever and the use of Resorbable vs Non-Resorbable sutures in facial laceration repair. We complete the second part of our two-part Guidelines for EM looking at sickle cell disease before ending with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here . After listening, complete a short quiz to have ...
Jul 08, 2024•59 min
Happy June! This month for the June 2024 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast, Rob and Liz talk us through a New in EM section on nailbed repair in paediatric finger bed injury. We have the first in a two-parter on Sickle Cell Disease in our Guidelines for EM section and then Rob speaks with Chris Bretheron and Hamez Gacefari about the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership for Major Trauma. We then end with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here . (05:32...
Jun 07, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Happy Mayday! Apologies for the delay... this month for the May 2024 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast Rob and Liz have two new in EM sections on the use of clonidine for pain and the use of coca cola in food boluses. We have a new Guidelines for EM section on The NEXUS Guidelines for Chest Imaging and then Rob speaks with Matt Reed about submitting your work for the RCEM Annual Scientific Conference. We then end with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here . (01...
May 16, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Happy April! This month for the April 2024 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast Rob and Liz have got two New in EM segments with Andy and Dave looking at ondansetron in ketamine sedation and the use of antibotics in brain injury. We have a Guidelines for EM looking at the management of hyperemesis gravidarum and we have an interview with Vicky Price from the Society of Acute Medicine. We then end with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here (04:56) New in EM - Ondan...
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 55 min
Noel and Stephen discuss High-dose versus low-dose intravenous nitroglycerine for sympathetic crashing acute pulmonary edema: a randomised controlled trial
Mar 15, 2024•28 min
Happy March! This month for the March 2024 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast Rob and Liz have got a New in EM segment with Andy and Dave talking about the use of dexamethasone in migraine. Becky and Chris will then discuss the RCEM and Royal College of Radiologist guidelines for diagnosing thoracic aortic dissection. We then have another New in EM discussing transfusion thresholds in MI, and then end with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here . (02:47) New in E...
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Happy February! This month for the February 2024 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast Rob and Liz have got a New in EM segment looking at the use of POCUS for paediatric forearm fracture. Becky and Chris then go over the NICE Guidelines for transient loss of consciousness in the ED. Liz interviews Steve Taylor on the interface between primary and secondary care. We then go to Andy and Dave again looking at delabelling penicillin allergy, before ending it all with New Online. If you'd like to ema...
Feb 05, 2024•2 hr 6 min
Happy New Year! This month for the January 2024 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast Rob and Liz have got a New in EM segment looking at the DAShED study examining the diagnosis and investigation of suspected acute aortic section. Becky and Chris then go over the RCEM Guidelines for Invasive Procedures in the ED. We then go to Andy and Dave again looking at non-invasive airway management of the comatose toxicological patient. We then end with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel fr...
Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 15 min
This month for the December 2023 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast we welcome our new co-host Liz Farah. Merry Christmas!. We discuss two New in EM segments looking at overnight boarding of older patients in the ED and mortality and looking at the use of opioids in treating back pain. Rob and Liz discuss two guidelines looking at the management of hypertension in the ED and the investigation and management of cauda equina syndrome. We then end with New Online. If you'd like to email us, pleas...
Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 26 min
This month for the November 2023 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast we've got a New in EM segment looking at the INTERACT3 trial looking at blood pressure targets following intracerebral haemorrhage. We then have Becky and Chris discussing the British Thoracic Society's new guidance on spontaneous pneumothorax. We then listen to Nikki Abela and Damian Roland talking about PERUKI, and then listen to Dave Clarke's experiences working in the Ukraine. We then end with New Online. If you'd like to ...
Nov 01, 2023•1 hr 24 min
This month Susie and Raj discuss a paper called You may think that the consultants are great, and they know everything, but they don't, exploring how new emergency medicine consultants experience uncertainty. And then in the 2nd part of this months podcast Noel and Stephen discuss a systematic review called Why is pain management so difficult in the emergency department
Oct 20, 2023•52 min
This month for the October 2023 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast we’ve got a New in EM segment looking at the CT FIRST study looking at routine head-to-pelvis CT scan post-arrest. We then move to an RCEM ASC Interview Megamix where I have a chat with ten presenters from this week's RCEM ASC about their work. We then end with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here . (02:54) New in EM - Routine post-arrest head-to-pelvis CT scanning Diagnostic yield, safety, and ...
Oct 02, 2023•1 hr 44 min
This month for the September 2023 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast we've got a New in EM segment looking at the SQUID protocol for DKA. We then move from last month's discussion on Head Injuries and move to Concussion and speak to two experts on the topic and how we can improve our management of this underdiagnosed condition. We then have a discussion with Dan Horner discussing the physiologically difficult airway and we then end with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free t...
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Susie and Raj discuss the Evaluation of microMend wound closure device in repairing skin lacerations
Aug 21, 2023•9 min
This month for the August 2023 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast we’ve got a New in EM segment looking at the STANDING Algorithm in Vertigo. We then continue hearing from Becky & Chris about the new NICE head injury guidelines which is the exciting conclusion to our two parter. We then have a discussion with Steve Black discussing the history of ED performance. We rejoin Andy & Dave for a New in EM looking at the use of take-away topical anaesthetics in corneal abrasion and then end w...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 33 min
This month we look at a paper dealing with Performance of a prehospital HEART score in patients with possible myocardial infarction a prospective evaluation and also one on methocarbamol vs diazepam in management of acute lower back pain
Jul 21, 2023•37 min
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...
Jul 04, 2023•2 hr
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
Jun 19, 2023•26 min
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 . (02:16) New in EM - End-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring at tri...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 26 min
