A patients lactate is something that we often want to know, but how much do you really understand...
12:03
A patients lactate is something that we often want to know, but how much do you really understand...
12:03
Blood and sepsis; the TRISS trial, what Hb should we be aiming for in septic shock?
Sepsis is a hot topic at the moment. In this episode we look at the transfusion targets for...
06:08
A round up of some of the key papers that we’ve reviewed over the 12 months that HEFTEMCAST has...
10:33
Can you see the Cords; video laryngoscopy vs direct laryngoscopy in the ED
Whilst the embedded management of the airway in ED is via direct laryngoscopy, advances in...
04:47
Diagnostics in EM; from the CFN podcast
Everything we do in the Emergency Department is a test, be that a question, looking for a...
16:05
Point of care ultrasound in Emergency Medicine; the POCUS trial?
Ultrasound is becoming a key part of Emergency Medicine. Its’ potential applications are vast and...
09:35
Upper GI Bleed; what’s your threshold?
Controversy exists over the transfusion thresholds and goals in patients with acute upper GI...
10:43
Collapse ? cause; the San Francisco Syncope Rule
Deciding the best course of management for a patient in your ED with an unidentified case for...
12:42
NSAID’s in Emergency Medicine; update in prescribing and therapeutics
Su Dorrian and Jo Pointon discuss the evidence base surrounding the use of non steroidal anti...
15:25
Magnesium in acute severe asthma; 3Mg trial
a review of the BTS guidance of acute asthma exacerbations and a review of the 3Mg trial which...
13:53
CT imaging in Trauma; what where and when to image. We look at the a recent paper from the Annals...
09:51
5,4,3,2,1……the surgical airway, can’t intubate, can’t ventilate
As EM clinicians we get presented with some of the most difficult airways, in some of the most...
09:06
Is there benefit to early goal directed therapy in septic shock? the ProCESS trial;
Hot off the press, the ProCESS trial has just been release by the NEJM as an online publication...
09:59
Can we safely decrease the number of patients we investigate for a possible PE?
There is often a feeling that we put our patients on the investigative pathway for a ?PE when our...
08:14
The intoxicated patient; will i.v. fluids speed up the time to discharge?
We often prescribe i.v. fluids in order to sober patients up and facilitate their discharge but...
07:27
Subarachnoid haemorrhage; ruling out the disease is CT ever enough??
A review of a landmark paper from 2011 on the use of CT for patients with a suspected...
11:04
Acute coronary syndrome and evidence based medicine
So when your assessing a patient that you suspect has ACS, what are the genuinely important...
14:00
Capnography for diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism; a useful tool or a load of hot air?
What benefit does a recent meta-analysis show for the use of ETCO2 in the diagnosis of PE? A...
11:07
It’s been a little while since the CRASH II trial came out. In this episode we revisit the paper...
07:07
Therapeutic hypothermia – are temperatures set to rise this winter?
THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA FOLLOWING ROSC, HOW PRACTICE MAY BE SET TO CHANGE BASED UPON NEW EVIDENCE
03:55