Happy May! This month for the May 2025 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast Rob covers for Andy and Dave and discusses a systematic review and meta-analysis looking at the safety of different rate control methods in treating AF with rapid ventricular response. Becky and Chris go on a very deep dive through a guideline looking at the management of patients with suspected but unidentified poisoning and we then end with New Online! If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here. After listening, complete a short quiz to have your time accredited for CPD at the RCEMLearning website! (02:04) New in EM - Adverse events in pharmacological treatment of AF with RVR Metoprolol vs diltiazem for atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate: Systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse events (Hintze et al., 2025) Intravenous diltiazem versus metoprolol for atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate: A meta-analysis (Lan et al., 2021) (09:30) Guidelines for EM - Management of unexplained poisoning in the ED RCEM - Management of Patients with Suspected but Unidentified Poisoning in the Emergency Department (RCEM, 2025) [PDF] (01:01:44) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD 24 Hour Ophthalmic Emergencies Part 1 – Acute Red Eye - William Spackman Understanding Informed Consent: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals - Khurram Rasool Advanced Lines - Alexandra Cottrell, Claire Fitzgerald
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April 2025
Happy April! This month for the April 2025 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast we have Andy and Dave talking about the use of beta-blockers in sepsis. Becky and Chris talking about mortality reviews in the ED. In a similarly patient-safety aligned topic I speak to Maegan Ladell talking about patient safety culture and then finally, as always, New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here. After listening, complete a short quiz to have your time accredited for CPD at the RCEMLearning website! (01:47) New in EM - Beta blockers in sepsis Landiolol for heart rate control in patients with septic shock and persistent tachycardia. A multicenter randomized clinical trial (Landi-SEP) (Rehberg et al., 2024) (16:34) Guidelines for EM - Mortality reviews in the ED RCEM - Mortality Reviews in the ED (RCEM, 2025) [PDF] (49:26) Patient Safety Culture - Meagen Ladell The problem with how we view medical (and diagnostic) error in emergency medicine (Ladell et al., 2025) SEIPS 101 and seven simple SEIPS tools (Holden and Carayon, 2021) (01:12:16) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD Combatting the Crowd - Peter Fielding Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome - Thomas Mac Mahon Curriculum Cup: Ophthalmology - RCEMLearning
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March 2025
Happy March! This month for the March 2025 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast starts with an update from Rob. We have Andy and Dave talking about oxygen targets in trauma in the TRAUMOX2 RCT. Becky and Chris talk about a BOAST orthopaedic guideline for the management of lateral patella dislocation. We interview Raine Astin-Chamberlain about sex, gender and pregnancy in research and then finally, as always, New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here. After listening, complete a short quiz to have your time accredited for CPD at the RCEMLearning website! (02:26) New in EM - Oxygen targets in trauma Early Restrictive vs Liberal Oxygen for Trauma Patients: The TRAUMOX2 Randomized Clinical Trial (Arleth et al., 2025) (18:59) Guidelines for EM - BOAST guidelines for lateral patella dislocation BOAST - Assessment and Management of First Time Lateral Patellar Dislocation (FTLPD) (BOAST, 2024) (45:09) Sex, gender and pregnancy in research - Raine Astin-Chamberlain Sex and gender reporting in UK emergency medicine trials from 2010 to 2023: a systematic review (Astin-Chamberlain et al., 2025) (01:03:37) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD Psychological support in the ED - Charlotte Davies Beyond the Tick Box - Embracing Reflective Practice - Chris Walsh Foreign Bodies in Ears and Noses: Practi cal Tips for ED Management - Charlotte Davies and Olu Adenugba Retaining ED staff: Policy, practice and research perspectives Retaining ED staff: Policy, practice and research perspectives - book your tickets
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February 2025
Happy Valentine's Day! This month for the February 2025 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast, we have got a new in EM segments looking at the assessment of PE in younger patients. Becky and Chris detail a guideline on acute adrenal insufficiency, before ending with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here. After listening, complete a short quiz to have your time accredited for CPD at the RCEMLearning website! Buy tickets to the EMTA Conference in Bristol, February 26 & 27! (03:06) New in EM - Using the PERC-35 Rule for PE Failure rate of the pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria rule for adults 35 years or younger: Findings from the RIETE Registry (Jossein et al., 2024) Age and sex-dependent trends in pulmonary embolism testing and derivation of a clinical decision rule for young patients (Mongan et al., 2015) (22:35) Guidelines for EM - Glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency European Society of Endocrinology and Endocrine Society Joint Clinical Guideline: Diagnosis and therapy of glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency (ESE & ESJ, 2024) (01:04:32) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD How to Nail Your Consultant Interview - Hannah Bell Assessing (de)Hydration in Children - Nikki Abela Medical Assessment of the Pregnant Patient in the Emergency Department - Charlotte Davies, Mark Chester
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January 2025
Happy New Year! This month for the January 2025 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast, we have got two new in EM segments looking at staff turnover and mortality and the assessment of febrile infants. Becky and Chris detail a guideline on acute kidney injury, before ending with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here. After listening, complete a short quiz to have your time accredited for CPD at the RCEMLearning website! Buy tickets to the EMTA Conference in Bristol, February 26 & 27! (03:55) New in EM - Staff turnover and mortality Nurse and doctor turnover and patient outcomes in NHS acute trusts in England: retrospective longitudinal study (Moscelli et al., 2024), PDF (20:03) Guidelines for EM - NICE Guidelines on Acute Kidney Injury Acute kidney injury: prevention, detection and management (NICE, 2024), PDF (59:36) New in EM - Assessment of febrile infants Performance of clinical decision aids (CDA) for the care of young febrile infants: a multicentre prospective cohort study conducted in the UK and Ireland (Umana et al., 2024), PDF Optimizing Management of Febrile Young Infants Without Serum Procalcitonin (Burstein et al., 2025), PDF (01:17:19) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD Vasopressors - Alasdair Munro, Simin Nikou, Charlotte Davies The Limping Child, by Charlotte Davies and Nikki Abela Testicular Pain, by Kellie Bateman
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