EMJ podcast

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the April 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Our regular monthly round up of the best and the brightest in the April edition of the EMJ. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/177 Impact of emergency care centralisation on mortality and efficiency: a retrospective service evaluation - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/180 Three into one does go - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/178 Emergency department visits during the 4/20 cannabis celebration - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/187 Routine alcohol screening in the ED: unscreened patients have an increased risk for hazardous alcohol use - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/206 Inadvertent tissue adhesive tarsorrhaphy of the eyelid: a review and exploratory trial of removal methods of Histoacryl - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/212 Performance of the MEDS score in predicting mortality among emergency department patients with a suspected infection: a meta-analysis - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/232. Read the full April issue here: - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4

Dr. Khai Pin Lee and Dr. Gene Yong-Kwang Ong, from the Department of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Kandang Kerbau Hospital, Singapore, tell Editor-in-Chief of EMJ, Dr. Ellen Weber, how the novel coronavirus is changing their ED and the Singaporean society in general. They are two of the authors of “Dynamic adaptation to COVID-19 in a Singapore paediatric emergency department”, a paper which will be published in the next few days by EMJ in the following address: dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2020-209634

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the March 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/117. Predicting abusive head trauma in children https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/118 Validation of the PredAHT-2 prediction tool for abusive head trauma https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/119 Association of clinically important traumatic brain injury and Glasgow Coma Scale scores in children with head injury https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/127 Biological mechanisms and individual variation in fibrinolysis after major trauma https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/135 Prehospital critical care is associated with increased survival in adult trauma patients in Scotland https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/141 Cranial burr holes in the emergency department: to drill or not to drill? https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/151 Cranial burr holes in the emergency department: to drill or not to drill? https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/154 Lessons from a pilot for uncontrolled donation after circulatory death in the ED in the UK https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/155 Non-invasive techniques for stimulating urine production in non-toilet trained children: a systematic review https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/3/162 Read the full March issue here - emj.bmj.com/content/37/3

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the February 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/2/55. Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: ‘Stealth trauma’ in the young and the old: the next challenge for major trauma networks? - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/2/56 Massive transfusion in The Netherlands - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/2/65 Blunt chest trauma in the elderly: an expert practice review - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/2/73 How can pain management in the emergency department be improved? Findings from multiple case study analysis of pain management in three UK emergency departments - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/2/85 Read the full February issue here - emj.bmj.com/content/37/2

The Heartlands Elderly Care Trauma and Ongoing Recovery Programme is the BMJ 2018 award winner for Emergency Medicine. Dr David Raven, the National Course director for the HECTOR project and emergency medicine consultant at the Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK, tells EMJ’s Editor-in-Chief Ellen Weber what makes this project unique. Read the paper on the EMJ website (https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/12/11/emermed-2019-209143) and on the February 2020 issue of the journal.

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the January 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - emj.bmj.com/content/37/1 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Comparison of four decision aids for the early diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1/8 The incidence of airway haemorrhage in manual versus mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1/14 Epidemiology of adolescent trauma in England: a review of TARN data 2008–2017 - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1/25 Blood Glucose Reduction in Patients Treated with Insulin and Dextrose for Hyperkalemia - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1/31 No rest for the weary: A cross-sectional study comparing patients sleep in the emergency department to those on the ward https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1/42 Thromboprophylaxis in Lower Limb Immobilisation after Injury (TiLLI) https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1/36 Emergency Medicine: let’s feed the good wolf - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1/52 Read the full January issue here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/1

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the October 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Patients don’t have language barriers; the healthcare system does - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/10/580 Observational study to understand interpreter service use in emergency medicine: why the key may lie outside of the initial provider assessment - Editor's Choice - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/10/582 Framing of clinical information affects physicians’ diagnostic accuracy - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/10/589 Impact of the caller’s emotional state and cooperation on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest recognition and dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/10/595 Diurnal, weekly and seasonal variations of chest pain in patients transported by emergency medical services - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/10/601 Pulmonary embolism following complex trauma: UK MTC observational study - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/10/608 Adapting the Canadian CT head rule age criteria for mild traumatic brain injury - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/10/617 Read the full October issue here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/10.

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the September 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/517 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: The Panoramic Dental Radiograph for Emergency Physicians - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/565 Exploring the characteristics, acuity and management of adult ED patients at night-time - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/554 Evaluation of the criteria for trauma activation in the paediatric emergency department - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/529 Why are people increasingly attending the emergency department? A study of the French healthcare system - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/548 Location of arrest and effect of prehospital advanced airway management after emergency medical service-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Nationwide observational study - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/541 Phenomenological study exploring ethics in prehospital research from the paramedic’s perspective: experiences from the Paramedic-2 trial in a UK ambulance service - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/535 Process conformance is associated with successful first intubation attempt and lower odds of adverse events in a paediatric emergency setting - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/520 Triaging the triage: reducing waiting time to triage in the emergency department at a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, India - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9/558 Read the full September issue - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/9

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the August 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/451 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: First responder communication in CBRN environments: FIRCOM-CBRN study - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/456 Impact of emergency physician experience on decision-making in patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia and undergoing systematic thoracic CT scan - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/485 Meta-analysis of the accuracy of termination of resuscitation rules for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/479 Potential added value of the new emergency care dataset to ED-based public health surveillance in England: an initial concept analysis - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/459 Paracetamol versus other analgesia in adult patients with minor musculoskeletal injuries: a systematic review - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/493 Recognising bias in studies of diagnostic tests part 2: interpreting and verifying the index test - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/501 Man versus machine: comparison of naked-eye estimation and quantified capillary refill - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8/465 Read the full August issue - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/8

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the July 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/385 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Epidemiology of traumatic injuries presenting to an ED in Central Haiti: a retrospective cohort study (15 March, 2019) Shada A Rouhani, Henry Claude Eliacin, Marie Cassandre Edmond, Keegan A Checkett, Linda Rimpel, Regan H Marsh - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/389 Prehospital tranexamic acid shortens the interval to administration by half in Major Trauma Networks: a service evaluation (19 June, 2019) Max E R Marsden, Andrea Rossetto, Charles A B Duffield, Thomas G D Woolley, William P Buxton, Sarah Steynberg, Rahul Bagga, Nigel R M Tai - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/395 Confirmed cardiac output on emergency medical services arrival as confounding by indication: an observational study of prehospital airway management in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (6 June, 2019) Atsushi Sakurai, Kosaku Kinoshita, Yukihiro Maeda, Yosuke Homma, Yoshio Tahara, Naohiro Yonemoto, Ken Nagao, Arino Yaguchi, Naoto Morimura - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/410 Driving stroke quality improvement at scale in EDs across a nationwide network of hospitals: strategies and interventions (22 June, 2019) Max Shpak, Kimberly Korwek, Zoltan Nadasdy, Anurekha Ramakrishnan, Matthew Cowperthwaite, Kristen Ankrom, Jon Jennings, Ashley Moody, Kevin Orndorff, Christopher Fanale - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/423 The association of paramedic rapid sequence intubation and survival in out-of-hospital stroke (30 May, 2019) Pieter Francsois Fouche, Karen Smith, Paul Andrew Jennings, Malcolm Boyle, Stephen Bernard - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/416 Reducing repeat paediatric emergency department attendance for non-urgent care: a systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions (21 June, 2019) Brenda Agyeiwaa Poku, Pippa Hemingway - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/435 Read the full July issue here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/7.

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the July 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/385 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Epidemiology of traumatic injuries presenting to an ED in Central Haiti: a retrospective cohort study - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/389 Prehospital tranexamic acid shortens the interval to administration by half in Major Trauma Networks: a service evaluation - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/395 Confirmed cardiac output on emergency medical services arrival as confounding by indication: an observational study of prehospital airway management in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/410 Driving stroke quality improvement at scale in EDs across a nationwide network of hospitals: strategies and interventions - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/423 The association of paramedic rapid sequence intubation and survival in out-of-hospital stroke - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/416 Reducing repeat paediatric emergency department attendance for non-urgent care: a systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/7/435 Read the full July issue here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/7.

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the June 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/6/324 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Measurement and improvement of emergency department performance through inspection and rating: an observational study of emergency departments in acute hospitals in England - https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/10/emermed-2018-207941 Prehospital determinants of successful resuscitation after traumatic and non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/05/02/emermed-2018-208165 Ageing population has changed the nature of major thoracic injury - https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/02/emermed-2018-207943.abstract 'They don't are how much you know until they know how much you care': A qualitative meta-synthesis of patient experience in the Emergency Department - https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/19/emermed-2018-208156 Anatomy of resuscitative care unit: expanding the borders of traditional intensive care units - emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/16/emermed-2019-208455.abstract Plight of the pelvic exam - https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/16/emermed-2019-208474 Read the full June issue - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/6

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the June 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/6/324 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Measurement and improvement of emergency department performance through inspection and rating: an observational study of emergency departments in acute hospitals in England - https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/10/emermed-2018-207941 Prehospital determinants of successful resuscitation after traumatic and non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/05/02/emermed-2018-208165 Ageing population has changed the nature of major thoracic injury - https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/02/emermed-2018-207943.abstract 'They don't are how much you know until they know how much you care': A qualitative meta-synthesis of patient experience in the Emergency Department - https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/19/emermed-2018-208156 Anatomy of resuscitative care unit: expanding the borders of traditional intensive care units - emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/16/emermed-2019-208455.abstract Plight of the pelvic exam - https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/16/emermed-2019-208474 Read the full June issue - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/6

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the May 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/257 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Could this be Measles? - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/310 Randomised controlled trial of simulation-based education for mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation training - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/266 Preferred learning modalities and practice for critical skills: a global survey of paediatric emergency medicine clinicians - emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/273 Immune checkpoint blockade toxicity among patients with cancer presenting to the emergency department - emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/306 Major incident triage and the evaluation of the Triage Sort as a secondary triage method - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/281 Distributions of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) across a healthcare system following a large-scale roll-out - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/287 A mixed methods study of the impact of consultant overnight working in an English Emergency Department - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/298 Read the full May issue here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/5.

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the May 2019 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/257 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Could this be Measles? - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/310 Randomised controlled trial of simulation-based education for mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation training - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/266 Preferred learning modalities and practice for critical skills: a global survey of paediatric emergency medicine clinicians - emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/273 Immune checkpoint blockade toxicity among patients with cancer presenting to the emergency department - emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/306 Major incident triage and the evaluation of the Triage Sort as a secondary triage method - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/281 Distributions of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) across a healthcare system following a large-scale roll-out - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/287 A mixed methods study of the impact of consultant overnight working in an English Emergency Department - https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/5/298 Read the full May issue here - emj.bmj.com/content/36/5.