Ethics

Explore key ethical challenges in emergency and acute care, including consent, capacity, end-of-life decisions, and resource allocation. Our posts provide practical insights into applying ethical principles in real-world clinical practice.

Death in 2025: New Definitions, Ethical Questions & Medical Guidelines

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What does it truly mean to be dead? In 2025, updates to Death by Neurological Criteria (DNC) challenge long-standing medical definitions, raising new ethical and practical questions. This post explores the latest AOMRC guidelines, the evolving role of brainstem death, and how these changes impact emergency and intensive care medicine. Are we redefining death, or refining how we diagnose it?

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Do not fear AI, puny humans…

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AI language models, along with AI image and voice generation have arrived in much the same way as calculators did in the 1970s. @codingbrown @stemlyns asks an AI language model how it can help EM thrive and explains how AI will enter our workplaces, schools and homes no matter what policies are put in place to govern them. #FOAMed

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