Peninsula Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine Society April 2018 @Pen_PHEM www.penphem.org Upcoming RegionalEvents: • High Performing Teams conference by the Philosophical Breakfast club, University of Exeter. 26-17 th April • Exeter Sports Medicine Conference 9-10 th May • MSc Critical care training day 9 th May (casualties needed) Upcoming National Events: • Trauma Care UK conference. 15-18 th April • Retrieval 2018 conference. 25-26 th April • Cambridge Future Trauma Care. 26-27 th April • Trauma Care UK CPD Webinar. Enhancing Care Under Pressure – Dr Clare Bosanko [email protected] This months PenPHEM lecture series focused on major pelvic trauma. Dr Clare Bosanko did a fantastic talk which was followed up by some hands on practice using pelvic binders. For references from Clare’s talk check episode 2 of PHEM Cast ( www.phemcast.co.uk) Other good references include the NICE major trauma guideline and the Faculty of Prehospital Care consensus statement of pelvic fracture management ( https://fphc.rcsed.ac.uk/media/1765/the-pre-hospital- management-of-pelvic-fractures.pdf ) Paper in the Annals of Emergency Medicine looked at IO access and found there to be an association with worse survival and neurological outcomes. However, the research wasn’t without problems. It is covered in this months www.theresusroom.co.uk podcast The first of a three-paper series on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was published in the Lancet ( http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)30316-7/fulltext) Research Papers of Interest Next months PenPHEM is at Royal Devon & Exeter hospital on 4 th April “Global & humanitarian medicine” PenPHEM Some of our committee members will soon be moving on to pastures new so we will be looking for new people to join us. If you would like to be involved in developing PenPHEM please get in touch. We will be posting more information on the vacant positions in the upcoming weeks on our website.

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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

[email protected]

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.

Ifyouwouldliketobeinvolved indevelopingPenPHEMpleasegetintouch.Wewillbepostingmoreinformationonthevacantpositionsintheupcomingweeksonourwebsite.