Best Infirmary Media Podcasts (2024)

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Inducting new doctors, and managing rib fractures - September 2024 Primary Survey 33:48

14d ago33:48

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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 f…

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When to CT scan after a seizure, and indirect signs of appendicitis: August 2024 Primary Survey 32:46

2M ago32:46

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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 obse…

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Opioid toxicity, thrombectomy transfers, and austerity's impact: July 2024 Primary Survey 26:27

3M ago26:27

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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 admissio…

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Patient self-perception, and presentations of headache: June 2024 Primary Survey 32:09

4M ago32:09

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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 o…

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Interventions for smoking cessation, AI CT scan triaging, and cyclic vomiting: May 2024 Primary Survey 29:55

5M ago29:55

29:55

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 interpretin…

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Suspicious chest pain, inequality in COVID outcomes, and staff retention problems: April 2024 Primary Survey 30:39

6M ago30:39

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“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 de…

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Aortic dissection, coroners' court, and age-related outcomes: March 2024 Primary Survey 28:44

7M ago28:44

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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 28:43

8M ago28:43

28:43

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 wor…

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Managing acute behavioural disturbance, and some innovations in emergency care: January 2024 Primary Survey 31:03

9M ago31:03

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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. Articles discussed…

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Point of care ultrasound and COVID telephone triage: December 2023 Primary Survey 32:08

10M ago32:08

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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 pred…

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Cauda equina diagnosis, suspected sepsis, and e-scooter cases in the ED: November 2023 Primary Survey 33:52

11M ago33:52

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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:…

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Clinical negligence claims, silver trauma and parental anxiety: October 2023 Primary Survey 27:30

12M ago27:30

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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/conte…

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It’s OK to feel uncertain as a new consultant: September 2023 Primary Survey 32:22

1y ago32:22

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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 …

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Escalation decisions during COVID, and predicting occult scaphoid fractures: August 2023 Primary Survey 29:24

1y ago29:24

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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: http…

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IV paracetamol trumps opiates, managing prehospital self-harm, and empowering waiting patients: July 2023 Primary Survey 30:10

1y ago30:10

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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…

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Primary Survey - the highlights of June 2023 30:56

1+ y ago30:56

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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 hig…

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Primary Survey - the highlights of May 2023 28:59

1+ y ago28:59

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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 v…

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Primary Survey - the highlights of April 2023 32:01

1+ y ago32:01

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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 fo…

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Primary Survey - the highlights of March 2023 29:06

1+ y ago29:06

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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 …

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Primary Survey - the highlights of February 2023 29:07

1+ y ago29:07

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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.You can subscribe to the EMJ podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Po…

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Primary Survey - the highlights of January 2023 25:57

1+ y ago25:57

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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, especial…

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Primary Survey - the highlights of December 2022 27:56

2y ago27:56

27:56

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, pulmo…

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Primary Survey - the highlights of November 2022 29:54

2y ago29:54

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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/…

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Primary Survey - the highlights of October 2022 30:22

2y ago30:22

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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…

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Primary Survey - the highlights of September 2022 27:22

2y ago27:22

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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 Depa…

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Inducting new doctors, and managing rib fractures - September 2024 Primary Survey 33:48

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When to CT scan after a seizure, and indirect signs of appendicitis: August 2024 Primary Survey 32:46

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Opioid toxicity, thrombectomy transfers, and austerity's impact: July 2024 Primary Survey 26:27

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Patient self-perception, and presentations of headache: June 2024 Primary Survey 32:09

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Interventions for smoking cessation, AI CT scan triaging, and cyclic vomiting: May 2024 Primary Survey 29:55

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Suspicious chest pain, inequality in COVID outcomes, and staff retention problems: April 2024 Primary Survey 30:39

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Aortic dissection, coroners' court, and age-related outcomes: March 2024 Primary Survey 28:44

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Trip killers, sympathetic crashing, and all sorts of sedatives: February 2024 Primary Survey 28:43

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Managing acute behavioural disturbance, and some innovations in emergency care: January 2024 Primary Survey 31:03

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Point of care ultrasound and COVID telephone triage: December 2023 Primary Survey 32:08

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Cauda equina diagnosis, suspected sepsis, and e-scooter cases in the ED: November 2023 Primary Survey 33:52

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Clinical negligence claims, silver trauma and parental anxiety: October 2023 Primary Survey 27:30

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It’s OK to feel uncertain as a new consultant: September 2023 Primary Survey 32:22

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Escalation decisions during COVID, and predicting occult scaphoid fractures: August 2023 Primary Survey 29:24

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IV paracetamol trumps opiates, managing prehospital self-harm, and empowering waiting patients: July 2023 Primary Survey 30:10

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Primary Survey - the highlights of June 2023 30:56

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Primary Survey - the highlights of May 2023 28:59

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Primary Survey - the highlights of April 2023 32:01

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Primary Survey - the highlights of March 2023 29:06

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Primary Survey - the highlights of February 2023 29:07

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Primary Survey - the highlights of January 2023 25:57

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Primary Survey - the highlights of December 2022 27:56

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Primary Survey - the highlights of November 2022 29:54

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Primary Survey - the highlights of October 2022 30:22

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Primary Survey - the highlights of September 2022 27:22

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