Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the August 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. A systematic mixed studies review of patient experiences in the ED https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2021/03/03/emermed-2020-210634 To prescribe or not to prescribe for paediatric sore throat: A retrospective cohort study comparing clinician-led antibiotic prescriptions to FeverPAIN and Centor scoring in a tertiary Paediatric Emergency Department and a national review of practice. https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2021/04/14/emermed-2020-210786 Early Prediction of Serious Infections in Febrile Infants Incorporating Heart Rate Variability in an Emergency Department: A Pilot Study https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2021/04/16/emermed-2020-210675 Toddler’s Fracture Immobilisation (ToFI) Study - A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Immobilisation in Above Knee Plaster of Paris to Controlled Ankle Motion Boots in Undisplaced Paediatric Spiral Tibial Fractures https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2021/06/21/emermed-2020-210299.long Clinical benefits of prone positioning in the treatment of non-intubated patients with acute hypoxic respiratory failure: A rapid systematic review https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2021/06/22/emermed-2020-210586.long Prognostic accuracy of emergency department triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19: The PRIEST observational cohort study https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2021/06/03/emermed-2020-210783 Implementation of the ‘TAKE STOCK’ Hot Debrief Tool in the Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Project. https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2021/01/13/emermed-2019-208830.info The Cardiac Arrest Nurse Leadership (CANLEAD) Trial: A simulation based Randomised Controlled Trial implementation of a new cardiac arrest role to facilitate cognitive offload for medical team leaders. https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2021/01/26/emermed-2019-209

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Primary Survey - the highlights of August 2021

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the June 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/407 Emergency medicine electronic health record usability: where to from here? (16 March, 2021) FREE Katie Walker, Tim Dwyer, Heather A Heaton: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/408 Usability of electronic health record systems in UK EDs Editor's Choice (3 March, 2021) Benjamin Michael Bloom, Jason Pott, Stephen Thomas, David Ramon Gaunt, Thomas C Hughes: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/410 Hypochloraemia is associated with 28-day mortality in patients with septic shock: a retrospective analysis of a multicentre prospective registry: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/423 Emergency department attendances during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective analysis of attendances following Irish governmental pandemic measures: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/439 Incidence of emergency calls and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from a cross-sectional study in a UK ambulance service: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/446 Sex-related differences in opioid administration in the emergency department: a population-based study: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/467

Primary Survey - the highlights of June 2021

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the June 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/407 Emergency medicine electronic health record usability: where to from here? (16 March, 2021) FREE Katie Walker, Tim Dwyer, Heather A Heaton: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/408 Usability of electronic health record systems in UK EDs Editor's Choice (3 March, 2021) Benjamin Michael Bloom, Jason Pott, Stephen Thomas, David Ramon Gaunt, Thomas C Hughes: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/410 Hypochloraemia is associated with 28-day mortality in patients with septic shock: a retrospective analysis of a multicentre prospective registry: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/423 Emergency department attendances during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective analysis of attendances following Irish governmental pandemic measures: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/439 Incidence of emergency calls and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from a cross-sectional study in a UK ambulance service: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/446 Sex-related differences in opioid administration in the emergency department: a population-based study: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/467

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the April 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/249 Environmentally sustainable emergency medicine: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/315 When dispatcher assistance is not saving lives: assessment of process compliance, barriers and outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a metropolitan city in China: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/252 S100B protein level for the detection of clinically significant intracranial haemorrhage in patients with mild traumatic brain injury: a subanalysis of a prospective cohort study: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/285 Effect of tranexamic acid on intracranial haemorrhage and infarction in patients with traumatic brain injury: a pre-planned substudy in a sample of CRASH-3 trial patients: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/270 Synergistic effects of emergency physician empathy and burnout on patient satisfaction: a prospective observational study: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/290 Handheld electronic device use in patient care: the emergency department patient perspective—a cross-sectional survey: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/258 Read the full Aprilissue here: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4

Primary Survey - the highlights of April 2021

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the February 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2/87 Post-exertion oxygen saturation as a prognostic factor for adverse outcome in patients attending the emergency department with suspected COVID-19: a substudy of the PRIEST observational cohort study https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2/88 Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care lung ultrasound in COVID-19 https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2/94 Rise and fall of the aerosol box; and what we must learn from the adoption of untested equipment https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2/109 COVID-19 aerosol box as protection from droplet and aerosol contaminations in healthcare workers performing airway intubation: a randomised cross-over simulation study https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2/111 Evaluation of a novel approach to recognising community-acquired paediatric sepsis at ED triage by combining an electronic screening algorithm with clinician assessment https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2/132 Nurse practitioner administered point-of-care ultrasound compared with X-ray for children with clinically non-angulated distal forearm fractures in the ED: a diagnostic study https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2/139 Emergency Medicine Journal COVID-19 monthly top five https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2/158 Read the full February issue here: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2

Primary Survey - the highlights of February 2021

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the November 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11/657 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Risk of significant traumatic brain injury in adults with minor head injury taking direct oral anticoagulants: a cohort study and updated meta-analysis - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11/666 Head home: a prospective cohort study of a nurse-led paediatric head injury clinical decision tool at a district general hospital - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11/680 Identification of very low-risk acute chest pain patients without troponin testing - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11/690 National trends in chest pain visits in US emergency departments (2006–2016 - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11/696 Community frailty response service: the ED at your front door - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11/714 SONO case series: soft tissue infections, abscesses, pyomyositis and necrotising fasciitis - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11/722 Read the full November issue here: https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11

Primary Survey - the highlights of November 2020

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the October 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/593 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Are we preaching to the choir? Where should studies on frequent users of EDs be published? - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/595 Frequent attendances at emergency departments in England - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/597 A data linkage study of suspected seizures in the urgent and emergency care system in the UK - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/605 Perspectives of emergency department attendees on outcomes of resuscitation efforts: origins and impact on cardiopulmonary resuscitation preference - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/611 Integrating and maintaining automated external defibrillators and emergency planning in community sport settings: a qualitative case - study https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/617 Insufficient quality of public automated external defibrillator recordings in the greater Paris area, a descriptive study - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/623 Close air support: enhancing emergency care in the COVID-19 pandemic - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/642 Combatting COVID-19: is ultrasound an important piece in the diagnostic puzzle? - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/644 Beirut: a wounded city explodes- https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/656 Read the full October issue here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10

Primary Survey - the highlights of October 2020

Global Emergency Care Collaborative (GECCo) is an initiative that aims to enhance global health interest and capacity within the field of emergency care. Editor-in-Chief of EMJ, Ellen Weber, talks to the group responsible for the initiative. Read the related papers on the EMJ website: https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2020/08/29/emermed-2020-209432 - Global health and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine: a cross-sectional survey of members and fellows https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/4/255 - Emergency response training and provision of emergency response kits to Rohingya community leaders Link to the blog post: https://blogs.bmj.com/emj/2020/07/07/global-emergency-care-collaborative-sharing-in-global-health-for-everyone/ For further details or to get involved in this or future developments of GECCo, please follow us on twitter @GECCoUK or get in touch: contactgecco@gmail.com.

GECCo - sharing in global health for everyone

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the August 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/7/395 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Undertriage of the elderly major trauma patient continues in major trauma centre care: a retrospective cohort review - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/8/508 I-FiBH trial: intravenous fluids in benign headaches—a randomised, single-blinded clinical trial - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/8/469 Colles’ type distal radial fractures undergoing manipulation in the ED: a multicentre observational cohort study - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/8/498 Read the full August issue here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/8

Primary Survey - the highlights of August 2020

Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ) is an international peer review journal covering pre-hospital and hospital emergency medicine, and critical care. The journal publishes original research, reviews and evidence based articles on resuscitation, major trauma, minor injuries, acute cardiology, acute paediatrics, toxicology, toxinology, disasters, medical imaging, audit, teaching and reflections on clinical practice. The journal is aimed at doctors, nurses, paramedics and ambulance staff. * The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

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