PeninsulaPre-HospitalEmergencyMedicineSociety
April2018@Pen_PHEM www.penphem.org
UpcomingRegionalEvents:• HighPerformingTeamsconferencebythe
PhilosophicalBreakfastclub,UniversityofExeter.26-17th April
• ExeterSportsMedicineConference9-10thMay• MScCriticalcaretrainingday9th May
(casualtiesneeded)
UpcomingNationalEvents:• TraumaCareUKconference.15-18th April• Retrieval2018conference.25-26th April• CambridgeFutureTraumaCare.26-27th April• TraumaCareUKCPDWebinar.EnhancingCare
UnderPressure– DrClareBosanko
ThismonthsPenPHEM lectureseriesfocusedonmajorpelvictrauma.DrClareBosankodidafantastictalkwhichwasfollowedupbysomehandsonpracticeusingpelvicbinders.ForreferencesfromClare’stalkcheckepisode2ofPHEMCast(www.phemcast.co.uk)
Othergoodreferencesinclude theNICEmajortraumaguidelineandtheFacultyofPrehospital Careconsensusstatementofpelvicfracturemanagement(https://fphc.rcsed.ac.uk/media/1765/the-pre-hospital-management-of-pelvic-fractures.pdf )
PaperintheAnnalsofEmergencyMedicine lookedatIOaccessandfoundtheretobeanassociationwithworsesurvivalandneurologicaloutcomes.However, theresearchwasn’twithoutproblems.Itiscovered inthismonthswww.theresusroom.co.uk podcast
Thefirstofathree-paperseriesonout-of-hospitalcardiacarrestwaspublishedintheLancet(http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)30316-7/fulltext)
ResearchPapersofInterest
NextmonthsPenPHEMisatRoyalDevon&Exeterhospital on4th April
“Global&humanitarianmedicine”
PenPHEM
Someofourcommitteememberswillsoonbemovingontopasturesnewsowewillbelookingfornewpeopletojoinus.
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