General
CEM response to the Health and Social Care Bill
The College of Emergency Medicine has responded to the government’s Health and Social Care Bill. It endorses the response by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, but amongst other points, strongly recommends consideration of the two tier service of Urgent and Emergency Care in most localities with the improved access to general practice.
CEM guide to the clinical quality indicators for EDs
The College has published guidance on understanding and implementing the new quality indicators for Emergency Departments.
NHS never events list to be extended to 25
An extended list of events that should never happen during care in the NHS has been unveiled today along with a powerful financial disincentive, as the Government affirms that substandard care will not be tolerated in the NHS.
Quarter 3: October - December 2010 A & E hospital activity statistics
A&E Attendances
A&E Total Time
A&E Admissions
Evidence-Based Medicine
BestBETS – Best Evidence Topics provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature. No new or modified BETS were added last month.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Nebulized epinephrine for croup in children
Lamotrigine for acute and chronic pain
Edaravone for acute intracerebral haemorrhage
Advising patients to increase fluid intake for treating acute respiratory infections
Systematic reviews
Risk factors for patellar tendinopathy: a systematic review of the literature
Compartment syndrome of the forearm: a systematic review
The diagnostic accuracy of acetabular labral tears using magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance arthrography: a meta-analysis
The sinus tarsi approach in displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures: a systematic review
The arthroscopic management of partial-thickness rotator cuff tears: a systematic review of the literature
Cancer therapy associated bone loss: Implications for hip fractures in mid-life women with breast cancer
Highlights from the Literature
Emergency Medicine Journal 28 (3) March 2011
Portable treatment technologies for urgent care
Importance of Manchester Triage in acute myocardial infarction: impact on prognosis
Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia in UK emergency departments: a national census
Conferences
CEM Simulation Faculty Course, 23 March, London
Emergency Urology Course - 26 March, Cambridge
Emergency Medicine Simulation Faculty Course, 28 March, Cambridge
CEM CPD Event, 29 – 31 March, Southampton
Neurotrauma & Major Trauma-Update 2011, 5 April, Leeds
SAVE - Simulator Airway Ventilation Emergency, 14 April, Cambridge
NPIS Study Day, 15 April, Newcastle
Basic Trauma Course, 16 April, Solihull
8th Annual Critical Care Symposium, 28 April, Oldham
CEM UK Team course, 13/14 May, Bristol
Advanced Life Support Group, 26 Feb, 9 March, 4 May
Acute Medicine in the Emergency Department, 16 May, Basingstoke
Paediatric Emergency Medicine, 17th May, Basingstoke
CEM UK Team course, 2/3 June, Birmingham
NPIS/CEM Study Day, 10 June, Edinburgh
ACCS - Acute Medicine and Emergency Medicine, 27 June, Cambridge
CEM UK Team course, 27th/28th September, London
Acute Care Conference, September, Leicester
New Medscape Emergency Medicine CME
Sudden Onset of Abdominal Pain Following Nonpenetrating Minimal Blunt Abdominal Trauma
Stroke Prevention Through Improved Anticoagulation Therapy for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter
Putting Safety on the Line: CLABSI in Perspective
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