EMJ Podcast
The Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ) podcast covers the latest developments in pre-hospital care, hospital emergency medicine, and critical care. Each month, the journal's Deputy Editor and Social Media Editor discuss key highlights from the latest issue. EMJ is an international journal from BMJ Group and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, focusing on advances in emergency medicine and acute care. The podcast features expert conversations intended to inform and educate listeners, and it is not a substitute for professional medical advice.
Episodes
Cross-gender CPR and language barriers in emergency care: Primary Survey August 2026
What social dynamics can be observed in the administration of bystander CPR? New research from Korea shows a reluctance to assist when the patient and bystander were of different sex. In the UK, a five year review of knife crime involving children and young people looks for trends in the background of the 145 victims who passed away in that period. From France, we have a study looking at the geogr
Paediatric imaging and haematoma blocks: Primary Survey July 2026
This month, we start with a systematic review on smart ways to cut down unnecessary X-rays in kids with limb injuries. We also look at why subarachnoid haemorrhages get missed or diagnosed late, from both patient and doctor perspectives. A Best Evidence Topic (BET) review asks if simple haematoma blocks are as good as procedural sedation for resetting broken wrists. And finally, we dive into a UK
Nightclub deaths and testicular twists: Primary Survey June 2026
A new paper takes a look at fatalities in nightclubs across the UK in the last 15 years, based on media reporting and coroners' reports. It found that physical assault and overdoses of MDMA/ecstasy were the leading causes of deaths. Another paper, from Japan, addresses acute scrotum presentation. It set out to rate the use of the TWIST score and point-of-care ultrasound when identifying testicular
Helicopter rides and surveying impostors: Primary Survey May 2026
Access to helicopter emergency services is improving in the UK, a recent study shows. But what impact is that access having? There's a paper for that too, with this episode declaring: "Helicopters for the win!" There's also research on the effect of epinephrine administration for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in children - does the sequence of treatment affect the outcomes? And finally, how to fi
Sicker and longer is the trend in ED stays, and vaping is not just "smoking lite": EMJ Primary Survey April 2026
This month we've got a few papers on dealing with smoking - and not smoking - in the emergency department. The episode starts off with a discussion of a paper on automating high-flow nasal oxygen, and the importance of titration of oxygen levels - critical for patients with COPD. Then there's a paper questioning, can nicotine replacement therapy in the ED really work? This is followed by a researc
NHS strikes, Lebanon pager attacks, and maternal cardiac arrests: Primary Survey March 2026
What happens to an emergency department when staff go on strike? A new study published in EMJ examines this challenging scenario and its impact on patient flow. Another paper looks at the hybrid-warfare attack carried out in Lebanon, where exploding pagers caused a mass casualty incident, and what emergency departments can learn from managing that event. EMJ editor Prof. Richard Body adds some of
Solving corridor care, and return of spontaneous circulation: Primary Survey February 2026
"Should we be giving blood transfusions to patients with traumatic cardiac arrest?" EMJ editor Prof. Richard Body and associate editor Dr. Sarah Edwards talk through some original research on the value of blood transfusions in this difficult situation. Next is the new UNCORKED study from the Trainee Emergency Research Network (TERN), with some sobering statistics on the prevalence of emergency car
Facial scarring, paracetamol overdose, and same day treatment: January 2026 Primary Survey
It's the first issue of 2026, and the first with new editor-in-chief Prof. Richard Body heading the journal. He is joined by senior associate editor Dr. Sarah Edwards, as they take a look at some highlights of the issue.
First in the line-up is a paper looking at how "Same day emergency care" units, or SDECs, have come to mean quite different things across the UK. In some cases, the rule-out proc
"Don't say the Q word!" and relying on AI: December 2025 Primary Survey
One thing you'll never hear in the emergency department is the sound of silence. And if the hubbub should start to lower, woe betide the ED staffer who dares to say, "it's looking quiet tonight." But should we really be so concerned? A paper in this episode's roundup takes a look at superstition versus science. Staffing concerns is another ever-present topic when it comes to the ED, and Rick and S
The riddle of Resusci Annie, explaining functional neurology, and flying doctors: November 2025 Primary Survey
Despite what the CPR doll might suggest, cardiac arrest patients are not always white, lean and male. So why is that the case for resuscitation training? The first paper in this episode addresses this lack of representation and the impact it has on resus performance. The next paper is a practice review of functional neurological disorder (FND), highlighting the poor diagnosis rate and history keep
“Whose turn is it?” - Moral injury and predicting wait times: October 2025 Primary Survey
The atmosphere of the emergency department can be a hard thing to put into words, with intense emotions washing over patients and staff alike. This month we feature a poem, powerfully illustrating the drama and stress inside the ED bubble. One of the recurring sources of uncertainty for patients is the question, “How long until I’m seen, doc?”, and there’s a paper following up on that issue with a
Code status conversations, and attitudes towards asthma: September 2025 Primary Survey
"What is your understanding of your father's illness?" This is the kind of question that may be posed by emergency clinicians in the context of end-of-life care. But as a survey of Thai and American emergency departments finds, approaches to these conversations can be quite different globally. This episode also features another angle on end-of-life care, highlighting the persistent impact that dep
Inspecting tongues for appendicitis, and looking out for legal liability: August 2025 Primary Survey
A new paper on the challenging diagnosis of acute appendicitis has us wondering, can it be spotted with just a glance? The reality is never so simple. This episode we also discuss low-value overtesting, cardiac arrest trial consent, and patient discharge into police custody. As with many aspects of the ED, they each have a layer of legal pressure to consider.
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Avoiding burnout, major incident preparedness, and suicide post-ED contact: July 2025 Primary Survey
The NHS plans to set up mental health emergency departments throughout England. A survey discussed this episode highlights the importance of mental health assessments, finding that nearly a quarter of suicide deaths in a one year period had come after hospital or emergency department contact. Another survey raises the question, "How well is your ED prepared for a major incident?" and the statistic
Salbutamol for analgesia, low-tech randomisation and cannulation numbing: June 2025 Primary Survey
Can salbutamol be used be used to relieve pain in renal colic patients? Starting off this month's episode, a randomised trial seeks to find the answer. Then a topic of interest for anyone seeing patients with a phobia of needles, namely a study comparing coolant spray with topical anaesthetic cream for reducing pain from intravenous cannulation. Next, randomisation is a necessary tool for many tri
Acute palliative care, hands-free epistaxis relief, and modern laryngoscopy: May 2025 Primary Survey
A new survey has found that less than one third of end-of-life patients in Irish emergency departments have their own room. This is only one of the shortcomings found in end-of-life care, explored in two papers to start this episode. Following on from that is a comparison of video and direct laryngosocopy for intubation outcomes. There's also a "Best Evidence" review of the use of nasal clips for
The walk-in wounded, detecting hypofibrinogenemia, and "time is testicle!": April 2025 Primary Survey
Trauma and paediatrics are the themes for this month's collection of papers. Starting off is a review of the effectiveness of prehospital ultrasound in detecting lung injury, with some surprising statistics. Next is a letter on the topic of self-presentation by paediatric patients with major trauma, which is thankfully a rare occurrence. The third paper looks at prehospital testing of trauma patie
Dementia care, supporting ACPs, and handling hidradenitis suppurativa: March 2025 Primary Survey
Advance clinical practitioners (ACPs) can have a big role to play in the emergency department, but their career paths are not always well understood. This episode features three papers from the journal which begin to address that - a census survey of over 1000 ACPs, a qualitative study on their experiences in emergency care, and a commentary on how to improve ACP training. There is also a paper fr
Improving sex and gender equity, rapid virus testing and saline injections for pain relief: February 2025 Primary Survey
Another packed issue of the journal this month, and a podcast to match. Starting off with the Editor's Choice paper, on the important topic of sex and gender disaggregation in emergency medicine trials. Sex and Gender Equity Reporting (SAGER) guidelines were introduced in 2016 but poor adherence is still found in current publications. Next is a paper with high seasonal relevance, addressing the se
Overcrowding in the emergency department, with Dr. Adrian Boyle and Prof. Ellen Weber
A special bonus podcast this time, on the perennial issue of crowding. Rick and Sarah are joined by Royal College of Emergency Medicine president Dr. Adrian Boyle, and EMJ's editor-in-chief Prof. Ellen Weber. They address recent evidence for crowding's harmful impact, the arm-twisting needed to shape policy, how it shapes patient confidence, and what the future of crowding looks like.
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Warzone mentality in the ED, and finding balance with hospital pre-alerts: January 2025 Primary Survey
It's a celebration of qualitative research to start the new year, with a collection of papers offering new perspectives on emergency department issues. First is a pair of papers centred on the theme of pre-alerts to the emergency department. Setting the scene for a patient's arrival is a vital process, yet it can generate fear of criticism for getting the balance wrong, when it comes to over- and
Compelling evidence for rule-out of subarachnoid haemorrhage and aortic dissection: December 2024 Primary Survey
Subarachnoid haemorrhage is a diagnosis that can't be missed, but it is not a simple process to detect it. The first paper for discussion this month questions if a CT scan within 6 hours is sufficient for exclusion in patients with acute headache. Then there is a large-scale analysis of over 400 million ED visits in the USA, focussing in on the significant issue of self-harm in the homeless popula
Missing elbow fractures, and consulting the elders: November 2024 Primary Survey
Upper limb injuries make up about three-quarters of the limb injuries to children seen in the emergency department. But when it comes to the elbow, just how good are clinicians at diagnosing based on radiography? The first paper this month is a study putting over 300 global participants to the test. There's also a practice review highlighting the concept of shared decision making with frail elderl
Ranking anaesthesias for wrist fracture, and finding pneumothoraces with AI: October 2024 Primary Survey
There's a whole pile of blocks in this month's papers, with the first being a trial of Erector-Spinae Plane (ESP) blocks, not for rib fractures as you might expect but Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) pain instead. Following on from that is a retrospective study comparing the resource utilisation of haematoma blocks, Bier’s blocks and procedural sedation for patients with forearm fractures. The next
Inducting new doctors, and managing rib fractures: September 2024 Primary Survey
Being fallible was one of the most valued characteristics in a consultant, according to new doctors going through their induction - that's the subject of the first paper this month. Next up is a study on the impact of noise on hospital staff, which includes some simple interventions with measurable impact. There's also a discussion on pain relief for rib fractures, and how frailty scores are linke
When to CT scan after a seizure, and indirect signs of appendicitis: August 2024 Primary Survey
The recovery of laceration repair patients is the topic of this month's first paper, looking at behavioural disturbances in children following these difficult medical procedures. The second paper deals with pre-hospital use of tranexamic acid for trauma, and surfaces some demographic discrimination in its rates of application. Next there is an observational study which has developed a score for in
Opioid toxicity, thrombectomy transfers, and austerity’s impact: July 2024 Primary Survey
What might yawning and sneezing be signs of in a patient? This month's podcast features new RCEM and NPIS guidance on acute opioid toxicity, outlining a number of symptoms to stay alert to. Before getting to that there's a paper on bypassing hospitals for patients needing mechanical thrombectomy, a study on how austerity affected emergency admissions across a range of UK local authorities, and som
Patient self-perception, and presentations of headache: June 2024 Primary Survey
How well do patients in the emergency department judge the severity of their situation? Some may fear the worst for any hospital visit, and others not realise that their lives are in danger. This month's first paper is a review of the accuracy of self-prognostication and its relation to admission, severity, and length of stay. Then there's a trio of publications on the challenges of pain in variou
Interventions for smoking cessation, AI CT scan triaging, and cyclic vomiting: May 2024 Primary Survey
Should we be bringing preventative medicine into the emergency department, or is it just using up valuable time? Our first paper this month looks at the "Cessation of Smoking Trial in the Emergency Department (COSTED)" trial, which presents the case for opportunistic smoking cessation intervention. Next up is a topical research paper on interpreting CT scans with artificial intelligence, and how m
Suspicious chest pain, inequality in COVID outcomes, and staff retention problems: April 2024 Primary Survey
“Social distancing is a privilege,” is the core message underlying the first paper brought by Sarah to this month’s roundup, as it unpacks the stark differences in COVID-19 outcomes across the spectrum of racial and ethnic groups in the United States. A second paper examines the returning rates of COVID patients across a large group of emergency departments in Canada, and the factors at play there
Aortic dissection, coroners’ court, and age-related outcomes: March 2024 Primary Survey
A feast of aortic papers this month, including a study on missed aortic dissection diagnoses and an analysis of coroners' reports. Rick runs through the findings of an interesting study from the Trainee Emergency Research Network (TERN), and Sarah finishes off with a paper on predicting adverse outcomes in elderly patients with orthopaedic trauma.
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Trip killers, sympathetic crashing, and all sorts of sedatives: February 2024 Primary Survey
There's a lot of drugs to be talked about this month, and a heap of randomised control trials to be covered too. Rick and Sarah talk though the combining of nitrous oxide and fentanyl for sedation, the environmental impact of analgesics, the efficacy of acute heart failure treatment with high-dose and low-dose nitrates, and more newly published work from the latest issue of the journal.
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Managing acute behavioural disturbance, and some innovations in emergency care: January 2024 Primary Survey
What are the questions to ask when dealing with acute behavioural disturbance? Join Sarah and Rick this month for a discussion of this difficult presentation. They also explore the topics of reducing low-acuity attendance, taking NHS 111 online, and the impact of a health coaching intervention for potentially recurrent attendees.
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Point of care ultrasound and COVID telephone triage: December 2023 Primary Survey
Hear a summary of some of the best papers published in the December 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. The podcast this month covers a trio of ultrasound papers addressing its use in the treatment of distal radial fractures, and thoracic and abdominal stab wound injuries. Featured also is a paper investigating the effectiveness of a predictive system for COVID-19 triage by telephone.
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Cauda equina diagnosis, suspected sepsis, and e-scooter cases in the ED: November 2023 Primary Survey
Hear a summary of some of the best papers published in the November 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. This month's podcast discusses a wide array of topics like cauda equina syndrome, biases in blood alcohol testing services, bystander CPR effectiveness in cardiac arrest, and the healthcare impacts of e-scooter use.
Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/11/741
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Clinical negligence claims, silver trauma and parental anxiety: October 2023 Primary Survey
Hear a summary of some of the best papers published in the October 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. This month's podcast covers a variety of topics from litigation issues in the ED, young people's experiences in the Paediatric ED, parental anxiety in the PED, and all about 'Silver trauma'.
Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/10/687.
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It’s OK to feel uncertain as a new consultant: September 2023 Primary Survey
This is the summary of some of the best papers we published in the September 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Rick and Sarah discuss a trio of papers on health services, the use of isopropyl alcohol as an anti-emetic, and they talk to Dr Anna Collini, co-author of a paper that explores how new emergency medicine consultants experience uncertainty (https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/9/624)
Escalation decisions during COVID, and predicting occult scaphoid fractures: August 2023 Primary Survey
A summary of some of the best paper we published in the August 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Rick and Sarah talk through topics touching on the assessment of scaphoid and ankle injuries, patient involvement in research, frequent attendees to the ED, and deciding which patients to escalate during a pandemic.
Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/8/539
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IV paracetamol trumps opiates, managing prehospital self-harm, and empowering waiting patients: July 2023 Primary Survey
A summary of some of the best paper we published in the July 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Rick and Sarah talk through topics on Pre Hospital assessment of chest pain, management of pain in the emergency department and some thoughts on improving the experience for the waiting patient.
Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/7/471
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Primary Survey - the highlights of June 2023
A summary of some of the best paper we published in the June 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Rick and Sarah talk through topics including home pulse oximetry, out of hospital cardiac arrest, the perils of correctly calculating respiratory rate in the ED and even cross-cultural adaptation of patient communication material.
Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/6/393
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Primary Survey - the highlights of May 2023
Rick Body, University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, and Sarah Edwards, University Hospitals of Derby NHS Foundation Trust,
cover the pick of the papers from EMJ's May 2023 issue. In this edition, we cover papers on shoulder dislocation, blunt chest trauma, uterine bleeding, medical errors, benign paroxysmal position vertigo, and calcium and QTc interval.
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Primary Survey - the highlights of April 2023
A summary of some of the best paper we published in the April 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Rick and Sarah talk through topics including the impact of emergency physician gender on the outcomes of patients with early pregnancy loss; major trauma centre care for patients with low velocity trauma; the development of a new checklist for emergency paediatric intubation; the effect of h
Primary Survey - the highlights of March 2023
A summary of some of the best papers we published in the March 2023 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. EMJ's deputy editor Rick Body and social media editor Sarah Edwards talk through topics including biomarkers of traumatic brain injury, the limping child, hypothermia and sepsis in infants and the importance of avoiding secondary insults in patients intubated for traumatic brain injury in t
Primary Survey - the highlights of February 2023
The best of the papers from our February 2023 issue, covered by Sarah Edwards and Rick Body. This month we cover great papers on COVID-19 and wellbeing, domestic violence and the diagnosis of testicular torsion.
Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/40/2/83.
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Primary Survey - the highlights of January 2023
A rundown of some of the best papers we published in the January 2023 edition of the journal. We cover an excellent practice review on the management of pulmonary embolism, going through some of the great pearls of wisdom relevant to our practice. How do you risk stratify patients with PE? What do you treat them with and how do you decide, especially when there are special considerations? When sho
Primary Survey - the highlights of December 2022
A selection of the best papers from our December 2022, picked apart and distilled for you by Rick Body and Sarah Edwards. In this festive issue we cover anaesthesia for paediatric forearm fractures, ultrasound diagnosis of acute appendicitis, a deep dive into the predictive value of vital signs, clinical judgement versus early warning scores, pulmonary embolism and... Do you know what calibration
Primary Survey - the highlights of November 2022
A selection of the best papers from our November 2022 edition. Rick and Sarah take you through five great papers discussing headache, subarachnoid haemorrhage, pre-hospital births, how to mitigate emergency physician stress in resuscitation and pathways for the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.
Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/11/799.
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Primary Survey - the highlights of October 2022
The best of our October 2022 issue, covering a superb qualitative study exploring the experience of older adults in the Emergency Medicine Journal with a wonderful accompanying editorial; a look at variation in practice for treating pre-orbital and orbital cellulitis in children; the association between anticoagulation and mortality in major trauma; point of care testing for tetanus immunity and m
Primary Survey - the highlights of September 2022
Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, and Rick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, give an overview of the best of the September issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal. They cover a plethora of clinically relevant papers. There's a terrific non-inferiority trial looking at the use of non-sterile gloves to repair traumatic wounds in the Emergency Department, two great papers that look at whether we m
Primary Survey - the highlights of August 2022
Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, and Rick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, take you through the best of the Emergency Medicine Journal in August 2022, covering topics from COVID-19 to triage to community Emergency Medicine to complications of emergency intubation in children and survival rates for out of hospital cardiac arrest.
Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/8/567, and t
Primary Survey - the highlights of July 2022
Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, and Rick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, take you through the best of the Emergency Medicine Journal in July 2022.
They cover some important topics including ED crowding, telephone triage, unrecognised endobroncheal intubation, acute coronary syndromes and pre-hospital trauma.
Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/7/491
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Primary Survey - the highlights of May 2022
This month we have a feast of studies looking at cardiac arrest. Want to know if one-handed CPR is any good for multi-tasking pre-hospital responders? You'll find out if you listen. Want to know if pre-hospital ECMO should be a thing for elite athletes at major events? We cover that too. Want to know if machine learning is about to revolutionise our practice and solve all our crowding problems? It
Primary Survey - the highlights of April 2022 in 30 minutes!
Rick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, and Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, talk through the very best of the Emergency Medicine Journal with most of the papers we published in April 2022. We cover everything from sepsis and qSOFA scoring to how to manage traumatic pneumothoraces and how to recognise cervical spine injuries. We even look at the problem we have with convenience sampling in Emer
Primary Survey - the highlights of March 2022, including MUST READ papers on ED exit block
Rick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, and Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, talk through the highlights of the March 2022 edition of the EMJ. We've picked out some of the hottest, most controversial papers from this month's episodes and we're privileged to have the thoughts of the EMJ Editor in Chief, Ellen Weber.
We'll discuss hot issues from the association between exit block and mortality,
Primary Survey - the February 2022 issue in just over 30 minutes!
Rick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, and Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, talk through the highlights of the February edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal.
Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/2/85.
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Primary Survey - the January 2022 issue in 30 minutes!
Rick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, and Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, talk through the highlights of the January 2022 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal.
Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/1/1
Details of the papers mentioned in the podcast:
Frequent attendance at the emergency department shows typical features of complex systems: analysis of multicentre linked dat
Primary Survey - the highlights of December 2021
Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the December 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal.
Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/12/867
Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below:
Evaluation of a state law on opioid-prescribing behaviour and the void affecting codeine-containing antitussive syrup - https://emj.bmj.com/c
Primary Survey - the highlights of August 2021
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 prescripti
Primary Survey - the highlights of June 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
Primary Survey - the highlights of April 2021
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-h
Primary Survey - the highlights of February 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
Primary Survey - the highlights of November 2020
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 an
Primary Survey - the highlights of October 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/37/10/59
GECCo - sharing in global health for everyone
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.
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https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2020/08/29/emermed-2020-209432 - Global health and the Royal College of Emergenc
Primary Survey - the highlights of August 2020
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.
Can COVID-19 be an opportunity for the future of Emergency Departments?
What has COVID-19 meant for emergency care, and what will have to change going forward? Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Editor-in-Chief of EMJ, Ellen Weber, discuss the reconfiguration brought to hospitals because of the pandemic and the role of emergency medicine now and in the future. They also reflect on how the virus exposed health inequalit
Primary Survey: the highlights of July 2020
Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the July 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:
Updated framework on quality and safety in emergency medicine - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/7/437
Evaluating the sustained effec
Primary Survey: the highlights of June 2020
Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the June 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/6/321
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Suffocating in the eye of the storm: attempting to breathe at the epicentre of New York’s COVID-19 pandemic - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/6/330
Onsite telemedicine strategy for coronavirus (COVID-
Primary Survey: the highlights of May 2020
A bit later than usual, but here we are again!
Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks with Professor Richard Body about the highlights of the May 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal.
Read the primary survey here - emj.bmj.com/content/37/5/249
Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below:
SARS: experience from the emergency department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Primary Survey: the highlights of April 2020
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
Covid-19 challenges in a Singapore paediatric emergency department
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
Primary Survey: the highlights of March 2020
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 cl
Primary Survey: the highlights of February 2020
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
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BMJ Emergency Medicine Award: the HECTOR project
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/
Primary Survey: the highlights of January 2020
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/
Primary Survey: the highlights of October 2019
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 Choi
Primary Survey: the highlights of September 2019
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, acui
Primary Survey: the highlights of August 2019
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 physicia
Primary Survey: the highlights of July 2019
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/3
Primary Survey: the highlights of June 2019
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 de
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