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RCEM Learning
RCEM Learning Podcast

A twice monthly #foamed podcast from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. Literature reviews, guideline updates and interviews with the smartest minds in Emergency Medicine.

  1. 8 AUG

    August 2024

    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 website! (03:21) New in EM - High-flow nasal cannula vs. NIV for COPD High flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy versus non-invasive ventilation for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute-moderate hypercapnic respiratory failure: a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial (Tan et al., 2024) Probing the efficacy of high-flow nasal cannula in the treatment of acute exacerbations of COPD with acute-moderate hypercapnic respiratory failure (Pantazopoulos and Mavrovouni, 2024) (19:19) Guidelines for EM - RCEM and NPIS Opioid Toxicity RCEM and NPIS - Guideline for the Assessment and Management of Acute Opioid Toxicity in Adults in the Emergency Department (PDF) (RCEM & NPIS, 2024) (54:26) New in EM - Clinical Gestalt for Predicting Sepsis Early Physician Gestalt Versus Usual Screening Tools for the Prediction of Sepsis in Critically Ill Emergency Patients (Knack et al., 2024) (01:06:35) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD PEM and Ex-Prems - Katie Knight Curriculum Cup (Infectious Disease) - RCEMLearning) Induction - RCEMLearning

    1h 10m
  2. 7 JUN

    June 2024

    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) New in EM - Nailbed repair in paediatric finger injuries Effectiveness of nail bed repair in children with or without replacing the fingernail: NINJA multicentre randomized clinical trial (Jain et al., 2024) (21:16) Guidelines for EM - RCEM Sickle Cell Disease RCEM - Management of Acute Presentations of Sickle Cell Disease in the ED (PDF) (RCEM, 2024) Sickle Cell Society - No One's Listening (55:50) Interview with Chris Bretheron and Hamez Gacefari (James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership for Major Trauma) Research priorities for the management of major trauma: an international priority setting partnership with the James Lind Alliance (Bretherton et al., 2024) James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership for Major Trauma (01:11:01) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD Sudden Visual Loss - Daniel Horner Information Sharing to tackle Community Violence - Adrian Boyle Cardiac arrest in the pregnant patient - Charlotte Davies, Sophie Windsor

    1h 16m
  3. 16 MAY

    May 2024

    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. (01:56) New in EM - Clonidine for pain Effect of oral clonidine on pain reduction in patients with opioid use disorder in the emergency department: A randomized clinical trial (Rostamipoor et al., 2024) (17:44) Guidelines for EM - The NEXUS Guidelines for Chest Imaging A Pilot Study to Derive Clinical Variables for Selective Chest Radiography in Blunt Trauma Patients (Rodriguez et al., 2006) Derivation of a decision instrument for selective chest radiography in blunt trauma (Rodriguez et al., 2011) Derivation and validation of two decision instruments for selective chest CT in blunt trauma: a multicenter prospective observational study (NEXUS Chest CT) (Rodriguez et al., 2015) Evaluation of the Nexus X-ray rules in blunt thorax trauma (Acar et al., 2020) CT scanning in blunt chest trauma: validation of decision instruments (Reichardt et al., 2020) (49:28) Interview with Matt Reed (RCEM Research Committee Chair) RCEM Annual Scientific Conference 2024 Submitting your abstract to the RCEM Annual Scientific Conference 2024 (57:19) New in EM - Coca-cola for food bolus Efficacy of cola ingestion for oesophageal food bolus impaction: open label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial (Tievie et al., 2024) (01:13:24) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD Curriculum Cup (Neurology) - RCEMLearning Behaviours that Challenge - Liz Herrieven Sickle Cell Disease - Lisa Sabir, Roshan Cherian

    1h 17m
  4. 4 APR

    April 2024

    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 - Ondansetron in ketamine sedation New in EM - Review article: Efficacy of prophylactic ondansetron versus placebo or control in reducing vomiting in children undergoing ketamine procedural sedation in the emergency department: A systematic review and meta-analysis (Hudson et al., 2024) (16:18) Guidelines for EM - RCOG - Hyperemesis Gravidarum The Management of Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy and Hyperemesis Gravidarum (Green-top Guideline No. 69) (01:02:10) Interview with Vicky Price (Society of Acute Medicine) Society for Acute Medicine - Podcasts (01:38:05) New in EM - Antibiotics in brain injury Ceftriaxone to prevent early ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with acute brain injury: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, assessor-masked superiority trial (Dahyot-Fizelier et al., 2024) (01:51:24) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD Charlotte Davies - Departmental Handover Edward Snelson and Hannah Walsh - Recognising Paediatric Sepsis Fatema Jaffer and Riad Hosein - Congenital cardiac disease

    1h 55m
  5. 5 FEB

    February 2024

    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 email us, please feel free to do so here. (02:51) New in EM - POCUS for Paediatric Forearm Fractures New in EM - Ultrasonography or Radiography for Suspected Pediatric Distal Forearm Fractures (Snelling et al., 2023) (23:04) Guidelines for EM - NICE - Transient loss of consciousness NICE - Transient loss of consciousness ('blackouts') in over 16s Reed et al. (2023) - Management of syncope in the Emergency Department: a European prospective cohort study (SEED) (01:26:00) Interview with GP Steve Taylor Dr Steve Taylor (Twitter) Doctors' Association UK (01:46:57) New in EM - Delabelling penicillin allergy New in EM - Efficacy of a Clinical Decision Rule to Enable Direct Oral Challenge in Patients With Low-Risk Penicillin Allergy: The PALACE Randomized Clinical Trial (Copaescu et al., 2023) (02:03:07) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD Measles – Liz Herrieven Hypothermic cardiac arrest - Tim Harris and Jonathan M Jones Cervical artery dissection - Jason Louis

    2h 6m
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