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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Intensive Care Research , 1 (3-4), pp.60-64. A 2012 study on paediatric patients showed that approximately 42% were intubated without medications, and 2% were intubated with paralysis only in the ED. Awake fiberoptic intubation where the patient consents, co-operative AND the airway is prepared with local anaesthesia.

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Policy Playbook: Labor Actions and Unionization in Healthcare

EMDocs

3 Increasing Strikes and Unions Labor actions in healthcare can disrupt normal hospital operations, potentially impacting costs and threatening patient quality of care. One study from the National Bureau of Economic Research on nursing strikes in New York State from 1984 to 2004 found that hospital mortality increased by 19.4%

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The 85th Bubble Wrap Bristol Royal Children’s ED Journal Club x DFTB

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Ten thousand children in the UK are operated on a year for fingertip injuries, and 96% of surgeons currently report replacing the nail plate intra-operatively. In the project’s second phase, research leads were asked to submit the written discharge material routinely provided on discharge in their institution.

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SGEM#311: Here We Go Loop De Loop to Treat Abscesses

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AEM December 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen (@KirstyChallen) is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medicine Research Lead at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust (North West England). A Randomized Controlled Trial of Novel Loop Drainage Technique Versus Drainage and Packing in the Treatment of Skin Abscesses.

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How Millennials are Reshaping the Entire Healthcare Sector

Advanced Medical Reviews

In 2012, they represented 2 percent of all primary care visits, and they are currently key catalysts of the broad move toward value-based care. The number of respondents to the annual Makovsky Pulse of Online Search Survey claiming to have done treatment research online climbed from 24 percent in 2015 to 29 percent in 2016.

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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Farrington] Rebuilding of outdated hospitals put emergency rooms on ground level with nearby X-ray service, and, ideally, sometimes closer to the Blood Bank and the Operating Rooms. 1950s & 1960s Resuscitation Research. PMID:23789199 ] National Research Council (US). Increasing public usage of EDs for care.

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Applying to Cardiology

Mind The Bleep

Research remains encouraged within cardiology, and there will be an opportunity to develop a range of academic interests. Cardiology applications typically open around November, and since 2012, there has been no Round 2 for Cardiology. There are a range of skills to develop with cardiology. When and where to apply?