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This is our first podcast and is really an outline of what we are all about and what we want to do. 
Its mostly Liz and I chatting which may feature again in future podcasts. 
Enjoy! 
 
Link to out self development blog and access to RCN competencies 
https://www.ededucate.co.uk/blog/self-development-is-the-way-to-go
 
Link to Kirsty's blog on diagnostic bias
 
https://www.ededucate.co.uk/blog/casey-and-the-case-of-the-missed-diagnosis
 
 

Hi everyone, 
This is our second podcast and today we are discussing the cross cutting theme on patient assessment in the ED and looking at the knowledge and skills elements of that section. 
We have mentioned a few documents in the podcast so they are linked below for your viewing pleasure. 
We are still trying to get the audio right so please keep listening and we hope it will improve each time- thank you for supporting this and don't hesitate to get in touch! 
Education is power! 
 
RCEM Assessment standard- https://www.rcem.ac.uk/docs/SDDC%20Intial%20Assessment%20(Feb%202017).pdf
Liz's SBAR blog-https://www.ededucate.co.uk/blog/raising-the-s-bar-on-handovers...
The Manchester Triage System-
https://www.triagenet.net/classroom/
 

Hi lovely people,
Welcome to our 3rd podcast and we actually forgot to say on the podcast that we have a new jingle!! Thanks to Nigel (@Nrtaylor101) from the @RCEMLearning team for his help with that.
Ok so we are pretty chuffed with the support you guys have given us so far and we want to keep improving, this podcast does have a couple of blips- bear with me as I am still trying to get good at editing the content. 
This episode is all about Pain in the ED and centered around the CCT2 part of the framework, we talk about each part although we never did quite get to what the 3 parts of pain management were so if you can help get in touch. 
We also talked about Fascia Iliaca Blocks (FIB) at the end which is becoming a very common technique for the management of pain associated with fractures to the Neck of Femur (NOF). Check out this fantastic blog by the guys at St Emlyns which explains it all here
We talked about the RCEM safety alert for FIB and this can be found here
Finally we wanted to link you to the framework again but specifically what each page says about the level of competency and how you get to each level so those images are below. 
The more you use the framework the more it'll become second nature to pick a subject do some self directed learning around it then return to the competency to link it. 
Take home points-
Assess pain using a tool (i.e. 1 to 10)
Give appropriate analgesia 
Please reassess pain after analgesia is given 
 
Keep doing amazing thing in ED!!
 

This is slightly different to our previous podcasts-
Liz (@SisterScrappy) and I (@ashleighlowther) having a chat about how we got into being an ED Nurse and what the current situation is. This was sparked by a conversation I had with an amazing ED nurse talking about leaving the job and I found myself trying to convince her but with a struggle, as everything she said was completely legitimate. 
Anyway in the podcast we make reference to Liz's blog so here is the link to that. 
We also chatted about the absolutely fabulous presentation by @LizCrowe2 available here https://vimeo.com/188765724
We hope you enjoy and as always are very open to suggestions for future blogs or chats. 
Coming soon, Liz and I + Harmony are going to chat about becoming an ACP- the future is bright! 
 
Much love
 

Hi guys,
This is episode 5- thank you for bearing with us and we are sorry we have been so quiet, it has been a challenging year academically for Liz and I. This is a summary podcast of whats happened in 2018 both for us and the wider education/FOAMED community and what we hope for 2019. 
The last 9 months have been crazy since we started this thing... we are well aware that we are not fully 'there' yet, wherever there is. We know our website and podcast sound quality needs more professional support and we are working on that. We want to make the most of next year in adding content and streamlining it more so that you can easily find what you are looking for. 
That said this year has been great and we genuinely feel like the ED world and the nursing world is starting to join the conga line and realise that we need to act now from an education point of view if we are to preserve the ED nursing workforce. 
SO we have pulled 10 things which have happened which are all good things associated with improving ED nurse education. 
As promised some links...
 
The RCN- Investing in a Safe and Effective Workforce- CPD for nurses
https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pdf-007028
 
The NTACC course- https://www.ataccgroup.com/product-category/ntacc/
Cool people to follow on Twitter- @davehartin @carrings @Hols_cat 
 
Have a great Festive Period and if you have questions, comments, ideas then please get in touch! 
Bye for now. 
 

Hey #TeamED legends here it is episode 6 of our podcast and in response to your twitter votes we have chosen the assessment of the acutely unwell adult in ED and a look at ABCDE and NEWS 2 and Front door investigations. As usual we had a brief chat about the current challenges and a small debate about the front door investigations that we should or should not be doing for our patients.

We signposted a few links in the podcast and here they are;
Nigel from Strata5- the website genius that is https://www.strata5.co.uk
We are now being sponsored by Adprac- A new take on the traditional agency https://www.adprac.com
We talked a lot of about end of the bed-O-grams and liz mentioned this blog and I hadn't read it until now but I can see why she mentioned it- its awesome thanks St Emlyns great read- http://www.stemlynsblog.org/when-is-a-door-not-a-door/
Royal College of Physicians NEWS 2- https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/national-early-warning-score-news-2
The resus council ABCDE approach principles- https://www.resus.org.uk/resuscitation-guidelines/abcde-approach/
The British Thoracic Society guidelines for emergency oxygen https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/quality-improvement/guidelines
And as promised some hints of where to go for the rest of this section;
Check out COPD management here https://www.rcemlearning.co.uk/references/community-acquired-pneumonia/
And once you have done this go find out some stuff on type 1 and type 2 respiratory failure and diagnosis of PE. This should give you enough work for an evening of study!! And remember carry on being #TeamED legends