November RGH Bootcamp commenced today. Fantastic to have faculty and candidates from as far afield as Orkney and Shetland. Eased everyone in today with our fabulous Paedeatric Sims, surgical skills and skills & drills to name a few.

Videos from #SCAS23 are now online at SCAS.scot ❤️ 🚑 ⚡️ Great Flash Talks on all things OHCA from Jean, Ben, Barbara, Louise Hartley & Amanda if you have 5min to spare Here’s my talk on pre-shock pause in bystander defibrillation: youtu.be/WRPfg_UiK_k?si…

Our upcoming EMJ paper available online ahead of publication: Thematic analysis of ‘Prevention of Future Deaths’ reports related to emergency departments in England and Wales 2013–2022 It’s short so have a read and let me know your thoughts… emj.bmj.com/content/early/…

Great initiative: #CPR saves lives-training 2,000 students chest compressions to the rhythm of rashmi courtesy of André Rieu and his orchestra, all volunteers, instructors and ton gorgels @heartbeartgoing ERC - European Resuscitation Council @LaerdalMedical Provincie Limburg

Third edition of NHSHighland Medical Education’s version of The MetaDebrief Club took place today discussing intricacies of immersive sim debriefing. 9 attendees and fortnightly sessions going forward. A colleague even made us a meta-mug! Now off to SCSCᴴᶠ for two days of sim fun…

Our research letter analysing themes in coroners reports related to care in the emergency department is out in this month’s EMJ Three most common themes: 1. Delays 2. Diagnosis 3. Communication See paper for sub analysis of these key themes emj.bmj.com/content/41/3/1…

Lawrence Dunhill 1. It's really depressing that the focus is on 76%. This will inevitably focus effort on the 'quick wins' and discharged patients. Meanwhile there is deafening silence about the utterly miserable 12 hour (from time of arrival) stays.

The SLICE protocol by Justin Bowra A framework for the implementation of POCUS by junior medical staff and beginner POCUS users

#ResearchLetter #March2024 Thematic analysis of ‘Prevention of Future Deaths’ reports related to emergency departments in England and Wales 2013–2022 emj.bmj.com/content/41/3/1… James Nicholson Pete Williams Ysbyty Gwynedd ED Royal College of Emergency Medicine

Paramedics, including me, often provide I.V. Paracetamol as an extra top-up of fluids when considering pain/pyrexia management in a hypotensive patient. It makes sense right? There's a wee 100ml of fluids to help out. No brainer right? Wrong. 🧵1/8

#ResearchLetter #March2024 Thematic analysis of ‘Prevention of Future Deaths’ reports related to emergency departments in England and Wales 2013–2022 emj.bmj.com/content/41/3/1… James Nicholson Pete Williams Ysbyty Gwynedd ED Royal College of Emergency Medicine

#strivingforsustainability is live… Dame Parveen Kumar opens our 2024 Highland Medical Education Conference exploring the impact of climate change on health #highlandmedconf24

The best Scots patient information leaflet I’ve ever seen nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk/media/c1ehgftw…

Still seeking volunteers this week in Edinburgh for this study. Contact [email protected] if you can help with an hour to take part in a simulation study in Edinburgh.

Emergency Medicine Journal James Nicholson Pete Williams Ysbyty Gwynedd ED Royal College of Emergency Medicine If you haven’t got time to read this (short and well written) paper, the spoiler is that DELAY to care is by far the most important factor. Much more important than any individual condition. #resuscitateemergencycare

SCAS24 Alert: Tuesday next week, 6th August ticket release 🙌Don't miss out 👉 scas.scot

When we build bigger roads, we get more traffic. Congestion briefly gets better, then the same, then worse. £Billions is spent in the process. Instead of dualling roads, what if we used the space for active travel instead? Here’s a thread on why it should happen.🧵

Physicians! You need to know the figures from this study when you talk about lumbar puncture with your headache patient. A negative CT means a low post-test probability. How many LPs do we need to do to identify one SAH? What will the patient accept? SAM Online

What a day! Loads of inspiration and innovation in the room! A must for improvement in survival of cardiac arrests ❤️‍🩹💪🏻 #SCAS24 SaveALifeForScotland Resuscitation Council UK Scottish Resuscitation Group