RCEM Learning

RCEM Learning
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RCEM Learning

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. 12 JUN

    June 2025

    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 listening, complete a short quiz to have your time accredited for CPD at the RCEMLearning website! (02:35) New in EM - London HEMS Thoracotomy Outcomes Prehospital Resuscitative Thoracotomy for Traumatic Cardiac Arrest (Perkins et al., 2025) RCEMLearning July 2023 - HALO Procedures with Joseph Mathew and Dave McCreary (15:41) Guidelines for EM - Acute Behavioural Disturbance in Emergency Departments RCEM - Acute Behavioural Disturbance in Emergency Departments (RCEM, 2025) [PDF] (46:00) New in EM - Systematic review of resuscitative hysterotomies ---- 13:49 Maternal and neonatal outcomes following resuscitative hysterotomy for out of hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review (Leech et al., 2025) (59:48) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD Medics and the Media: The Anti-social Network - Fin McNicol Tracheostomy emergencies in adults - Jonathan Cooper Pelvic Fractures – A guide to treatment within a Trauma Unit - Peter Bates, Paul Harnett, Matt Gee

    1h 4m

  2. 7 MAY

    May 2025

    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 listening, complete a short quiz to have your time accredited for CPD at the RCEMLearning website! (02:04) New in EM - Adverse events in pharmacological treatment of AF with RVR Metoprolol vs diltiazem for atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate: Systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse events (Hintze et al., 2025) Intravenous diltiazem versus metoprolol for atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate: A meta-analysis (Lan et al., 2021) (09:30) Guidelines for EM - Management of unexplained poisoning in the ED RCEM - Management of Patients with Suspected but Unidentified Poisoning in the Emergency Department (RCEM, 2025) [PDF] (01:01:44) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD 24 Hour Ophthalmic Emergencies Part 1 – Acute Red Eye - William Spackman Understanding Informed Consent: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals - Khurram Rasool Advanced Lines - Alexandra Cottrell, Claire Fitzgerald

    1h 6m

  3. 8 APR

    April 2025

    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 RCEMLearning website! (01:47) New in EM - Beta blockers in sepsis Landiolol for heart rate control in patients with septic shock and persistent tachycardia. A multicenter randomized clinical trial (Landi-SEP) (Rehberg et al., 2024) (16:34) Guidelines for EM - Mortality reviews in the ED RCEM - Mortality Reviews in the ED (RCEM, 2025) [PDF] (49:26) Patient Safety Culture - Meagen Ladell The problem with how we view medical (and diagnostic) error in emergency medicine (Ladell et al., 2025) SEIPS 101 and seven simple SEIPS tools (Holden and Carayon, 2021) (01:12:16) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD Combatting the Crowd - Peter Fielding Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome - Thomas Mac Mahon Curriculum Cup: Ophthalmology - RCEMLearning

    1h 16m

  4. 11 MAR

    March 2025

    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, complete a short quiz to have your time accredited for CPD at the RCEMLearning website! (02:26) New in EM - Oxygen targets in trauma Early Restrictive vs Liberal Oxygen for Trauma Patients: The TRAUMOX2 Randomized Clinical Trial (Arleth et al., 2025) (18:59) Guidelines for EM - BOAST guidelines for lateral patella dislocation BOAST - Assessment and Management of First Time Lateral Patellar Dislocation (FTLPD) (BOAST, 2024) (45:09) Sex, gender and pregnancy in research - Raine Astin-Chamberlain Sex and gender reporting in UK emergency medicine trials from 2010 to 2023: a systematic review (Astin-Chamberlain et al., 2025) (01:03:37) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD Psychological support in the ED - Charlotte Davies Beyond the Tick Box - Embracing Reflective Practice - Chris Walsh Foreign Bodies in Ears and Noses: Practi cal Tips for ED Management - Charlotte Davies and Olu Adenugba Retaining ED staff: Policy, practice and research perspectives Retaining ED staff: Policy, practice and research perspectives - book your tickets

    1h 8m

  5. 13 FEB

    February 2025

    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 26 & 27! (03:06) New in EM - Using the PERC-35 Rule for PE Failure rate of the pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria rule for adults 35 years or younger: Findings from the RIETE Registry (Jossein et al., 2024) Age and sex-dependent trends in pulmonary embolism testing and derivation of a clinical decision rule for young patients (Mongan et al., 2015) (22:35) Guidelines for EM - Glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency European Society of Endocrinology and Endocrine Society Joint Clinical Guideline: Diagnosis and therapy of glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency (ESE & ESJ, 2024) (01:04:32) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD How to Nail Your Consultant Interview - Hannah Bell Assessing (de)Hydration in Children - Nikki Abela Medical Assessment of the Pregnant Patient in the Emergency Department - Charlotte Davies, Mark Chester

    1h 5m

  6. 8 JAN

    January 2025

    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, February 26 & 27! (03:55) New in EM - Staff turnover and mortality Nurse and doctor turnover and patient outcomes in NHS acute trusts in England: retrospective longitudinal study (Moscelli et al., 2024), PDF (20:03) Guidelines for EM - NICE Guidelines on Acute Kidney Injury Acute kidney injury: prevention, detection and management (NICE, 2024), PDF (59:36) New in EM - Assessment of febrile infants Performance of clinical decision aids (CDA) for the care of young febrile infants: a multicentre prospective cohort study conducted in the UK and Ireland (Umana et al., 2024), PDF Optimizing Management of Febrile Young Infants Without Serum Procalcitonin (Burstein et al., 2025), PDF (01:17:19) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD Vasopressors - Alasdair Munro, Simin Nikou, Charlotte Davies The Limping Child, by Charlotte Davies and Nikki Abela Testicular Pain, by Kellie Bateman

    1h 21m

  7. 02/12/2024

    December 2024

    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 accredited for CPD at the RCEMLearning website! (04:29) New in EM - Surgery for haemorrhagic stroke Trial of Early Minimally Invasive Removal of Intracerebral Hemorrhage (Pradilla et al., 2024) (15:45) Guidelines for EM - RCEM Management of Acute Pain in Adults in the ED RCEM Management of Acute Pain in Adults in the ED (RCEM, 2024) (01:12:43) Laura Howard and Gregory Yates - BestBETs BestBETs Get Involved with BestBETs (Email link) Best Evidence Topic report: Is a CT head required for patients who present to the emergency department with a first seizure? (Yates & Williams, EMJ, 2024) (01:23:20) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD The Forgotten Tribe - Lauren Fraser and Michelle Jacobs Surgical Management of Acute Wounds in the ED - Olajide Kamal Badmus, Riad Hosein Curriculum Cup (Respiratory) - RCEMLearning

    1h 29m

  8. 04/11/2024

    November 2024

    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 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! Submit an abstract to the EMTA Conference EMTA Conference 2025 - Bristol, 26-27th February 2025 Submit an abstract here (direct link) by 27th November (07:54) RCEM ASC Interview Megamix (07:54) Cath Taylor - Using livestreaming phones in the ambulance service (17:10) Phil Cowburn - The Major Incident Ten Second Triage Tool (23:25) Mark Macmillan - Whole-body CT scanning in older injured patients (29:42) Leilah Dare - Using GIRFT data to implement change (38:10) Ben Clarke - TERN Update and the UnCORKED study (49:38) Alison Porter - Using qualitative research in emergency medicine (58:10) Christopher Humphries - Cannabinoids and tailoring your anti-emetic selection (01:05:42) Steve Goodacre - Diagnosing acute aortic syndrome and the ASES study (01:10:57) Tom Waterfield - PERUKI Update (01:20:18) Shrouk Messahel - CRESCENT Study (01:29:16) Damian Roland - Bronchstart, bronchiolitis, and vaccination (01:39:34) Dave McCreary - Introducing a culture of paediatric point of care ultrasonography (01:50:10) Emma Lim - Spotting Sepsis in the PED Further Links and Reading Cath Taylor - The SEE-IT Trial: emergency medical services Streaming Enabled Evaluation In Trauma: a feasibility randomised controlled trial Phil Cowburn - National Ambulance Resilience Tool - Ten Second Triage Leilah Dare - Getting It Right Time - SEDIT Ben Clarke - TERN Research Ben Clarke - TERN UNCORKED Expression of Interest Form Christopher Humphries - RCEM Guideline - Suspected Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome in Emergency Departments Steve Goodacre - The ASES Study Tom Waterfield - PERUKI Shrouk Messahel - The CRESCENT Trial Damian Roland - Bronchstart David McCreary - ResearchGate Emma Lim - RCPCH Paediatric Sepsis Podcasts Emma Lim - Lancet Paediatric Sepsis Series

    2h 1m
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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.

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  • Creator
    RCEM Learning
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2025
  • Episodes
    285
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    © Royal College of Emergency Medicine
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