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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 your time accredited for CPD at the RCEMLearning website!
(03:16) New in EM - Blood biomarkers and algorithms and fever duration in febrile infants Performance of Febrile Infant Algorithms by Duration of Fever (Velasco et al., 2024) (13:34) 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 (35:51) New in EM - A Randomised Controlled Trial Of Resorbable vs Non-Resorbable Sutures For Lacerations Of The Face (TORN Face) Randomised controlled trial of resorbable versus non-resorbable sutures for lacerations of the face (TORN Face) (Basyuni et al., 2024) (55:05) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD Things I wish I’d learnt before Emergency Medicine and Parenthood - Charlotte Mitchell Pertussis - Nikki Abela Improving Culture – Change Begins with Me - Thomas Bannister

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

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

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

Noel and Stephen discuss High-dose versus low-dose intravenous nitroglycerine for sympathetic crashing acute pulmonary edema: a randomised controlled trial

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 EM - Dexamethasone in Migraine New in EM - Randomized Trial Comparing Low- vs High-Dose IV Dexamethasone for Patients With Moderate to Severe Migraine (Friedman et al., 2023) Steroids (Dexamethasone) for Prevention of Migraine Recurrence - Andy Neill, The NNT (17:36) Guidelines for EM - RCEM and RCR - Thoracic aneurysm dissection RCEM and RCR - Diagnosis of Thoracic Aortic Dissection in the ED RCEMLearning - January 2024 (Aortic Dissection in ED) (01:11:05) New in EM - Transfusion thresholds in MI New in EM - Restrictive or Liberal Transfusion Strategy in Myocardial Infarction and Anemia (Carson et al., 2023) RCEMLearning March 2024 (Show Notes) (01:25:45) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD Acute Right Heart Failure - Angus Perks, William Kenworthy Public Health in the Emergency Department Series #3 - Learning Disability - Olivia Villegas Curriculum Quiz: Pharmacology and Poisoning - RCEMLearning Team