April 2017’s Primary Survey

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the April edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, with a special focus on organ donation. Read the primary survey here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/4/201. Details of the papers mentioned on this podcast can be found below. Critical care in the Emergency Department: organ donation: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/4/256. Withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy: the case for delay: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/4/203. A randomised experiment comparing low-cost ultrasound gel alternative with commercial gel: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/4/227. Validity of the Manchester Triage System in patients with sepsis presenting at the ED: a first assessment: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/4/212.

Mid-arm circumference can be used to estimate weight of adult and adolescent patients: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/4/231.