EMJ podcast

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the July 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, chosen by Deputy Editor, Ian K Maconochie. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/7/403 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Do EPs change their clinical behaviour in the hallway or when a companion is present? A cross-sectional survey - emj.bmj.com/content/35/7/406 Effects of hallway/corridor and companions on clinical encounters: a possible explanation - emj.bmj.com/content/35/7/404 Essential medicines for emergency care in Africa - emj.bmj.com/content/35/7/412 End-tidal carbon dioxide output in manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation versus active compression-decompression device during prehospital quality controlled resuscitation: a case series study - emj.bmj.com/content/35/7/428 Risk stratifying chest pain patients in the emergency department using HEART, GRACE and TIMI scores, with a single contemporary troponin result, to predict major adverse cardiac events - emj.bmj.com/content/35/7/420 Read the full July issue of EMJ here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/7

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the June 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, chosen by Associate Editor, Edward Carlton. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/341 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Editor's choice: Comparison of qSOFA with current emergency department tools for screening of patients with sepsis for critical illness - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/350 Editor's choice: qSOFA, SIRS and NEWS for predicting inhospital mortality and ICU admission in emergency admissions treated as sepsis - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/345 Editor's choice: Sepsis-3 and simple rules - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/343 MRSA nares swab is a more accurate predictor of MRSA wound infection compared with clinical risk factors in emergency department patients with skin and soft tissue infections - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/357 Outpatient management of children at low risk for bacterial meningitis - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/361 Gender and survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a New Zealand registry study - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/367 Inter-rater and intrarater reliability of the South African Triage Scale in low-resource settings of Haiti and Afghanistan - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/379 Validity of the Japan Acuity and Triage Scale in adults: a cohort study - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/384 Marauding terrorist attack (MTA): prehospital considerations -emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/389 Read the full June issue of EMJ here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/6

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the June 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, chosen by Associate Editor, Edward Carlton. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/341 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Editor's choice: Comparison of qSOFA with current emergency department tools for screening of patients with sepsis for critical illness - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/350 Editor's choice: qSOFA, SIRS and NEWS for predicting inhospital mortality and ICU admission in emergency admissions treated as sepsis - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/345 Editor's choice: Sepsis-3 and simple rules - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/343 MRSA nares swab is a more accurate predictor of MRSA wound infection compared with clinical risk factors in emergency department patients with skin and soft tissue infections - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/357 Outpatient management of children at low risk for bacterial meningitis - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/361 Gender and survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a New Zealand registry study - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/367 Inter-rater and intrarater reliability of the South African Triage Scale in low-resource settings of Haiti and Afghanistan - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/379 Validity of the Japan Acuity and Triage Scale in adults: a cohort study - emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/384 Marauding terrorist attack (MTA): prehospital considerations -emj.bmj.com/content/35/6/389 Read the full June issue of EMJ here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/6

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the May 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, chosen by our Associate Editor, Caroline Leech. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/279 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Editor's choice: Lack of efficacy in a randomised trial of a brief intervention to reduce drug use and increase drug treatment services utilisation among adult emergency department patients over a 12-month period - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/282 Absence of a quick fix does not mean ‘do nothing:’ time to address drug use in the ED - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/280 New decision formulas for predicting endotracheal tube depth in children: analysis of neck CT images - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/303 What is positionality and should it be expressed in quantitative studies? - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/323 Modelling attending physician productivity in the emergency department: a multicentre study - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/317 Impact of emergency department surge and end of shift on patient workup and treatment prior to referral to internal medicine: a health records review - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/309 Comparison of epidemiology, treatments and outcomes of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction between young and elderly patients - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/289 Image challenge: acute chest pain after tooth extraction - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/332 Read the full May issue of EMJ here: https://emj.bmj.com/content/35/5

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the May 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, chosen by our Associate Editor, Caroline Leech. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/279 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Editor's choice: Lack of efficacy in a randomised trial of a brief intervention to reduce drug use and increase drug treatment services utilisation among adult emergency department patients over a 12-month period - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/282 Absence of a quick fix does not mean ‘do nothing:’ time to address drug use in the ED - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/280 New decision formulas for predicting endotracheal tube depth in children: analysis of neck CT images - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/303 What is positionality and should it be expressed in quantitative studies? - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/323 Modelling attending physician productivity in the emergency department: a multicentre study - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/317 Impact of emergency department surge and end of shift on patient workup and treatment prior to referral to internal medicine: a health records review - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/309 Comparison of epidemiology, treatments and outcomes of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction between young and elderly patients - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/289 Image challenge: acute chest pain after tooth extraction - emj.bmj.com/content/35/5/332 Read the full May issue of EMJ here: https://emj.bmj.com/content/35/5

Richard Body, EMJ Deputy Editor, and Simon Carley, EMJ Associate Editor, talk through the highlights of the March 2018 edition of the journal, celebrating 50 years of the UK's Emergency Medicine. It is a special podcast presenting a collection of amazing articles that tell the story of where we have come from, where we are and where we are going. It's not all opinion though. We have some fantastic papers this month including an RCT on the use of ice to reduce the pain of laceration repair (Intravenous versus oral paracetamol for acute pain in adults in the emergency department setting: a prospective, double-blind, double-dummy, randomised controlled trial - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/179). Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/135 Details of the other papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Being a pioneer in emergency medicine - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/142 Emergency medicine research: how far have we come and where are we heading? - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/149 How can emergency physicians harness the power of new technologies in clinical practice and education? - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/156 Looking back and forward: emergency medicine in its 50th year - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/137 The feasibility of an interactive voice response system (IVRS) for monitoring patient safety after discharge from the ED - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/180 Understanding cardiac troponin part 2: early rule out of acute coronary syndrome - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/192 Ionised calcium levels in major trauma patients who received blood en route to a military medical treatment facility - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/176 Read the full March issue of EMJ here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/3.

Richard Body, EMJ Deputy Editor, and Simon Carley, EMJ Associate Editor, talk through the highlights of the March 2018 edition of the journal, celebrating 50 years of the UK's Emergency Medicine. It is a special podcast presenting a collection of amazing articles that tell the story of where we have come from, where we are and where we are going. It's not all opinion though. We have some fantastic papers this month including an RCT on the use of ice to reduce the pain of laceration repair (Intravenous versus oral paracetamol for acute pain in adults in the emergency department setting: a prospective, double-blind, double-dummy, randomised controlled trial - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/179). Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/135 Details of the other papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Being a pioneer in emergency medicine - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/142 Emergency medicine research: how far have we come and where are we heading? - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/149 How can emergency physicians harness the power of new technologies in clinical practice and education? - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/156 Looking back and forward: emergency medicine in its 50th year - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/137 The feasibility of an interactive voice response system (IVRS) for monitoring patient safety after discharge from the ED - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/180 Understanding cardiac troponin part 2: early rule out of acute coronary syndrome - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/192 Ionised calcium levels in major trauma patients who received blood en route to a military medical treatment facility - emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/176 Read the full March issue of EMJ here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/3.

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the February 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, picked by Simon himself. Read the primary survey here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/73 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Understanding cardiac troponin part 1: avoiding troponinitis - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/120 Calculating the proportion of avoidable attendances at UK emergency departments: analysis of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s Sentinel Site Survey data - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/114 Elevated mortality among weekend hospital admissions is not associated with adoption of seven day clinical standards - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/108 Pre-emptive ice cube cryotherapy for reducing pain from local anaesthetic injections for simple lacerations: a randomised controlled trial - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/103 Use of the low-frequency/high-frequency ratio of heart rate variability to predict short-term deterioration in emergency department patients with sepsis - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/96 Utility of prehospital electrocardiogram characteristics as prognostic markers in out-of-hospital pulseless electrical activity arrests - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/89 A traumatic tale of two cities: does EMS level of care and transportation model affect survival in patients with trauma at level 1 trauma centres in two neighbouring Canadian provinces? - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/83 Managing alcohol-related attendances in emergency care: can diversion to bespoke services lessen the burden? - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/79 Alcohol identification and intervention in English emergency departments - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/75 Taking control of alcohol-related emergency department visits - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/74 Read the full February issue of EMJ here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/2

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the February 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, picked by Simon himself. Read the primary survey here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/73 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Understanding cardiac troponin part 1: avoiding troponinitis - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/120 Calculating the proportion of avoidable attendances at UK emergency departments: analysis of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s Sentinel Site Survey data - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/114 Elevated mortality among weekend hospital admissions is not associated with adoption of seven day clinical standards - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/108 Pre-emptive ice cube cryotherapy for reducing pain from local anaesthetic injections for simple lacerations: a randomised controlled trial - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/103 Use of the low-frequency/high-frequency ratio of heart rate variability to predict short-term deterioration in emergency department patients with sepsis - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/96 Utility of prehospital electrocardiogram characteristics as prognostic markers in out-of-hospital pulseless electrical activity arrests - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/89 A traumatic tale of two cities: does EMS level of care and transportation model affect survival in patients with trauma at level 1 trauma centres in two neighbouring Canadian provinces? - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/83 Managing alcohol-related attendances in emergency care: can diversion to bespoke services lessen the burden? - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/79 Alcohol identification and intervention in English emergency departments - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/75 Taking control of alcohol-related emergency department visits - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/2/74 Read the full February issue of EMJ here: emj.bmj.com/content/35/2

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the January 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, picked by Ellen Webber (Editor-in-Chief, University of California, San Francisco, USA). Read the primary survey here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/1. Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Impact of Physician Navigators on productivity indicators in the ED - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/5 Tackling the demand for emergency department services: there are no silver bullets - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/3 Emergency consultants value medical scribes and most prefer to work with them, a few would rather not: a qualitative Australian study - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/12 Can an observational pain assessment tool improve time to analgesia for cognitively impaired older persons? A cluster randomised controlled trial - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/33 Failure of falls risk screening tools to predict outcome: a prospective cohort study - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/28 PREDICT prioritisation study: establishing the research priorities of paediatric emergency medicine physicians in Australia and New Zealand - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/39 Profile and outcomes of critically ill children in a lower middle-income country - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/52 Characteristics of youth agreeing to electronic sexually transmitted infection risk assessment in the emergency department - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/46 Waveform capnography: an alternative to physician gestalt in determining optimal intubating conditions after administration of paralytic agents - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/62 Read the full January issue of EMJ here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the January 2018 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, picked by Ellen Webber (Editor-in-Chief, University of California, San Francisco, USA). Read the primary survey here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/1. Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Impact of Physician Navigators on productivity indicators in the ED - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/5 Tackling the demand for emergency department services: there are no silver bullets - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/3 Emergency consultants value medical scribes and most prefer to work with them, a few would rather not: a qualitative Australian study - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/12 Can an observational pain assessment tool improve time to analgesia for cognitively impaired older persons? A cluster randomised controlled trial - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/33 Failure of falls risk screening tools to predict outcome: a prospective cohort study - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/28 PREDICT prioritisation study: establishing the research priorities of paediatric emergency medicine physicians in Australia and New Zealand - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/39 Profile and outcomes of critically ill children in a lower middle-income country - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/52 Characteristics of youth agreeing to electronic sexually transmitted infection risk assessment in the emergency department - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/46 Waveform capnography: an alternative to physician gestalt in determining optimal intubating conditions after administration of paralytic agents - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1/62 Read the full January issue of EMJ here: http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/1

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the October 2017 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, picked by Richard Body (Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK). Read the primary survey: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/633. Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: The use of whole-body computed tomography in major trauma: variations in practice in UK trauma hospitals - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/647 Non-traumatic incidental findings in patients undergoing whole-body computed tomography at initial emergency admission - emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/643 Whole body computed tomography for trauma: friend or foe? - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/635 Extreme event medicine: considerations for the organisation of out-of-hospital care during obstacle, adventure and endurance competitions http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/680 Ibuprofen versus placebo effect on acute kidney injury in ultramarathons: a randomised controlled trial - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/637 Gender, race and the presentation of acute coronary syndrome and serious cardiopulmonary diagnoses in ED patients with chest pain - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/653 Primary care services co-located with Emergency Departments across a UK region: early views on their development - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/672 Read the full October issue of EMJ: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10.

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the October 2017 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal, this month, picked by Richard Body (Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK). Read the primary survey: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/633. Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: The use of whole-body computed tomography in major trauma: variations in practice in UK trauma hospitals - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/647 Non-traumatic incidental findings in patients undergoing whole-body computed tomography at initial emergency admission - emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/643 Whole body computed tomography for trauma: friend or foe? - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/635 Extreme event medicine: considerations for the organisation of out-of-hospital care during obstacle, adventure and endurance competitions http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/680 Ibuprofen versus placebo effect on acute kidney injury in ultramarathons: a randomised controlled trial - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/637 Gender, race and the presentation of acute coronary syndrome and serious cardiopulmonary diagnoses in ED patients with chest pain - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/653 Primary care services co-located with Emergency Departments across a UK region: early views on their development - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10/672 Read the full October issue of EMJ: http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/10.

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the August 2017 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/491 Details of the papers mentioned on this podcast can be found below: Clinical relevance of pharmacist intervention in an emergency department - emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/495 Developing a decision rule to optimise clinical pharmacist resources for medication reconciliation in the emergency department - emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/502 Emergency medicine pharmacists on an international scale - emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/492 ‘Major trauma’: now two separate diseases? - emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/494 Traumatic brain injuries in older adults—6 years of data for one UK trauma centre: retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data - emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/509 Validating the Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (MACS) and Troponin-only Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (T-MACS) rules for the prediction of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain - emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/517 A practical approach to Events Medicine provision - emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/538 BET 1: Lidocaine with propofol to reduce pain on injection - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/551.2 BET 2: Poor evidence on whether teaching cognitive debiasing, or cognitive forcing strategies, lead to a reduction in errors attributable to cognition in emergency medicine students or doctors - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/553 Read the full August issue here: emj.bmj.com/content/34/8

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the August 2017 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here: emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/491 Details of the papers mentioned on this podcast can be found below: Clinical relevance of pharmacist intervention in an emergency department - emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/495 Developing a decision rule to optimise clinical pharmacist resources for medication reconciliation in the emergency department - emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/502 Emergency medicine pharmacists on an international scale - emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/492 ‘Major trauma’: now two separate diseases? - emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/494 Traumatic brain injuries in older adults—6 years of data for one UK trauma centre: retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data - emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/509 Validating the Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (MACS) and Troponin-only Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (T-MACS) rules for the prediction of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain - emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/517 A practical approach to Events Medicine provision - emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/538 BET 1: Lidocaine with propofol to reduce pain on injection - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/551.2 BET 2: Poor evidence on whether teaching cognitive debiasing, or cognitive forcing strategies, lead to a reduction in errors attributable to cognition in emergency medicine students or doctors - http://emj.bmj.com/content/34/8/553 Read the full August issue here: emj.bmj.com/content/34/8