JC: Prehospital resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in non-traumatic out of hospital cardiac arrest: The REBOARREST Trial
A critical appraisal of a RCT comparing REBOA and standard ALS for OHCA
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A critical appraisal of a RCT comparing REBOA and standard ALS for OHCA
A St.Emlyn’s review of a major new trauma study examining whether prehospital emergency anaesthesia and intubation improve survival using machine learning and causal inference methods.
Survival effect of prehospital emergency anaesthesia in major trauma Read More
Practical trauma handover advice for trauma team leaders in emergency medicine. Learn how to structure ATMIST handovers, prepare resus before arrival, improve teamwork with HEMS crews, and optimise patient safety in major trauma.
TTL Tip 11: Be the TTL your prehospital teams want to hand over to Read More
This is the eleventh in a series of blog posts on new research in emergency toxicology. The last post was about smoking cessation and can be found here. We deal with
Opioid overdoses: should we bring peer support workers into ED? Read More
IncrEMentuM 2026 in Murcia was not a conventional Emergency Medicine conference. This reflection explores how its independent design, live simulation, hosted conversations, smaller faculty, translation, production values and global audience created a learning experience that felt connected to the realities of Emergency Medicine.
IncrEMentuM 2026 – Inspirational Emergency Medicine in Murcia Read More
Our review of day 3 of the RCEM annual scientific conference 2026 in Birmingham. Trauma, paeds, analgesia, AI, and more HALO. FOAmed RCEM @stemlyns
RCEM Annual Conference 2026 – Day 3 Read More
A full summary of Day 2 at RCEM Conference 2026, covering prize papers, AI in emergency medicine, major trials, health inequalities, and clinical insights.
RCEM Annual Conference 2026 – Day 2 Read More
Frontline insights from RCEM Annual Conference 2026 in Birmingham—keynotes, AI in emergency medicine, diagnostics, and career lessons.
RCEM Annual Conference 2026 – Day 1 Read More