The Resus Room

Figures for the year ending September 2019 showed a 7% rise in offences involving knives or sharp instruments recorded by the police (to 44,771 offences). This is 46% higher than when comparable recor...

14 Feb 202059min

Welcome back! Three very different topics and papers for you this month. First up we have a look at the risk/benefit of sending troponins on patients aged 65 years an older when presenting with non-sp...

1 Feb 202036min

Seizures are defined as a "paroxysmal electrical discharge of the neurones in the brain resulting in a change of function or behaviour". All of us involved in Emergency Care will encounter patients wi...

15 Jan 20201h 4min

Happy New Year!! We hope you've all had a great Christmas and New Year and that you managed to get some well earned time off over the festive period.  2019 saw us publish more insights from lead autho...

1 Jan 202032min

REBOA, ECMO, Thoracotomy? Where should we be focussing our attention in the world of Pre-hospital care? We were lucky enough to be invited to the London Trauma Conference on the Prehospital Day suppor...

12 Dec 201917min

Well the year has flown by and it's already time for December's Papers of the Month Podcast! Head injuries are a huge work load for those of us involved in Emergency Care. Identifying those at risk of...

1 Dec 201935min

Angioedema is something we'll all encounter in the acute setting, whether we recognise it or not... Understanding the different causes and mechanisms is imperative to ensuring the patients get treatme...

18 Nov 201931min

As care on our emergency and urgent care demand is on an ever upwards course, whilst alongside this the scope of what we can potentially deliver to patients is also increasing. In order to meet this d...

11 Nov 201924min