RCEM Learning

This month for the September 2026 episode of the RCEMLearning Podcast Andy and Dave talk through the use of whole blood in trauma, Rob speaks with Felix Wood about crush injury, and then speaks with a Jehovah's Witness about the change in policy towards blood products. 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!
(01:45) New in EM - Pre-hospital Whole Blood in Trauma
Prehospital Resuscitation with Type O Whole Blood for Trauma and Hemorrhage (Sperry et al., 2026)
(17:57) Felix Wood - Crush Injury Consensus Statement from the FPHC
Early management of crush injury and crush syndrome: a Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care consensus statement (Wood et al., 2026) [PDF]
(42:29) Interview with a Jehovah's Witness about the change in policy towards blood products
Jehovah's Witnesses: Each Witness Now Decides Whether to Accept or Donate Main Blood Components

Happy August! For the August 2026 episode of the RCEMLearning Podcast Rob speaks with Matt Reed about the ASPIRED Study. 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!
(03:33) Matt Reed - The ASPIRED Study
Immediate Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring in Syncope (Reed et al., 2026)

This month for the July 2026 episode of the RCEMLearning Podcast Becky and Chris talk through the second in a two parter on the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines update. Rob then speaks with Arya Rao about LLMs and clinical reasoning. 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!
(02:13) Guidelines for EM - Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guideline (Part 2 of 2)
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2026
(22:50) Arya Rao - LLMs and Clinical Reasoning
Large Language Model Performance and Clinical Reasoning Tasks (Rao et al., 2026)

This month for the June 2026 episode of the RCEMLearning Podcast Becky and Chris talk through the first in a two parter on the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines update. Rob then speaks with Alison Tavare about the NCEPOD learning disability report. 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!
(01:56) Guidelines for EM - Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guideline (Part 1 of 2)
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2026
(27:31) NCEPOD Acute Illness in people with a learning disability - Alison Tavare
NCEPOD - Acute illness in people with a learning disability

This month for the May 2026 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast I speak with another seven amazing speakers from the RCEM Annual Conference. This is a similarly bumper episode as last month. 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!
(02:35) RCEM AC Interview Megamix - Part 1 of 2
(02:35) Steve Goodacre - Should we follow the science?
(12:32) Victoria Currie - That's a wrap! 3 interesting papers in PEM: Bubblewrap x RCEM Conference
(35:33) Tom Bannister - (De)constructing culture in the ED
(51:27) Jocelyn Brittliff - Working in EM as an older clinician
(58:12) Chris Humphries - Rebuilding EM data for health equity
(01:07:25) Rebecca McKnight and Ijeoma Chibuzo - Understanding Ketamine Use Disorder: A guide for frontline services
(01:21:19) Alex Novak - Evidence generation for diagnostic AI in the ED
(01:32:42) Stephen Fowler - Asthma updates from new BTS/NICE/SIGN guideline and beyond