Extrication Consensus Statement FPHC

Motor vehicle collisions or road traffic collisions are a massive problem worldwide. Data from the World Health Organisation reports that there are around 1.2 million deaths every year and this is the leading cause of death internationally for children and young adults aged 5-29 years.  In the UK there are around 1,500 deaths annually and…

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Papers of November 2024

Welcome back to the podcast and to November’s Papers of the Month! We start off looking at the rate of pneumothoraces in patients following ROSC after a medical cardiac arrest. What is the incidence? Are there any risk factors? And how might this affect our index of suspicion and imaging practice? We’ve spoken before about…

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Acute Kidney Injury

Acute Kidney Injury is common, complicated and holds significant morbidity and mortality. But if we recognise it, we can make a real difference to our patients’ outcomes. In this episode we run through the anatomy, physiology and aetiologies. We have a think about the multitude of definitions of AKI and then take each of the…

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