Day 1 of the First CPD Conference since the College went Royal

Welcome to the first of a new series of podcasts that will be published on the Best Practice Guidelines.

Is there a role for the Impedance Threshold Device in hypotensive, spontaneously breathing, trauma patients?

Prehospital ECMO for refractory cardiac arrest is a mind-boggling feat when you consider the rapid response, technical ability and logistics required, so the work that is being done in Paris is groundbreaking and fascinating.

Does the use of urine drugs-of-abuse screens ever change the management of your patients in the ED? A look at the evidence behind the practice and current recommendations.

Sudden, unexpected death in hospital is unfortunately inevitable and something that many of us will have to deal with many times throughout our careers, regardless of our specialty.

Reduced conscious level is a common finding in the ED. With a wide variety of causes a required treatments a systematic approach can make ascertaining that cause a lot easier.

The RCEM CPD event in Belfast is fast approaching. With a diverse programme, interactive sessions and some fantastic speakers from across the UK. Have a listen to this introductory podcast and don’t miss out, book your place now!

This was the first year that the London Trauma Conference included a breakaway session dedicated to Trauma Nursing.

Medicine who gave the keynote speech at the motorsport medicine breakaway session and took the time to speak to me afterwards.

Here we have the second official LTC Podcast recorded live at the conference, an interview with Stefan Mazur, Consultant Emergency Physician & Prehospital Care / Retrieval Specialist; who gave several talks in the Trauma Conference and Remote Care sessions.

Authors aimed to derive and validate a Clinical Decision Rule (CDR) for suspected cardiac chest pain to risk stratify patients in the ED

In the first of my official LTC podcasts recorded live at the conference I interview Mr Doug West, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at Bristol Royal Infirmary.

Relieve pain with words only…@slemfoam tickles the surface on how.