Ed Barnard

New in EMJ - free open access: Endovascular resuscitation: an expert practice review A practical overview of REBOA, SAAP and ECPR for emergency physicians managing the sickest patients in shock or cardiac arrest. Please read / comment / share DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2025-215376

1/8 In cardiac arrest, adrenaline reliably improves ROSC - but has not consistently translated into better long-term neurological survival. Our comment asks whether the problem is not adrenaline itself, but how and where we deliver it.. Open access: tinyurl.com/aortic-epi

1/ New from @EAAARAID in @SJTREM: observational review of Penthrox for prehospital fracture/dislocation manipulation & reduction in HEMS practice. In selected limb trauma, methoxyflurane supported successful M&R without IV procedural sedation in more than half of patients.

Presented at #ISICEM: Among patients with traumatic hemorrhage, prehospital whole-blood transfusion was not superior to standard transfusion with red-cell and plasma components in reducing the risk of death or massive transfusion. Full phase 3 SWiFT trial results: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… @ISICEM

Whole blood vs component therapy for trauma haemorrhage in the prehospital setting - RCT results published today. Funded by @DMS_MilMed @NHSBT and 10x UK HEMS organisations.

Zermatt today for The Big Sick Conference #TBS2026 @TBS_Zermatt . Dr James Price showcasing East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) RAID work: what changes practice now, and what’s coming next for early brain injury assessment.

Edition 12 of our @AirMedJournal column: Top-5 #prehospitalpapers - this time critiques from @stat_medevac - facilitated by @EAAARAID #FOAMed (until 19 Mar 26) Pls read / share / comment.. -> tinyurl.com/AMJ-STATMedEvac Future editions from: @SurvivalFlight

Free open access: tinyurl.com/CombiBlood

Great to see our recent @EAAARAID @EHAAT_ @Magpas_Charity @JAMANetworkOpen paper discussed at the Oslo HEMS Conference.. Free open access here: tinyurl.com/RAID-JAMA

Edition 11 of our Air Medical Journal column: Top-5 #prehospitalpapers – this time with expert critiques from @bostonmedflight. #FOAMed (until 16 Jan 26) – please read / share / comment. -> tinyurl.com/AMJ-BMF Future editions from: @stat_medevac

Thinking about submitting an abstract for #RCEMAnnualConference? Get top tips from reviewer Professor Ed Barnard (@DefProfEM) — watch the video below for expert advice before the 28 October deadline! 🏆 We’re celebrating your research with exciting prizes: 🖼️ Poster prize winners: £40 voucher + free access to a virtual RCEM event 🎤 Best oral abstract: Free ticket to RCEM Annual Conference 2027 Plus if you abstract is successful you get 20% off standard registration fees! 👉Submit now: rcem.ac.uk/flagship/abstr…

Our first @stemlyns podcast from the @BASICS_HQ discussing the abdominal aortic junctional tourniquet in the management of non compressible haemorrhage with @DefProfEM open.spotify.com/episode/4harc2…

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Excited to be at @SketchleyGrange for the #BASICS2025 conference. ADMEM will again be presenting latest military topics with relevance to UK prehospital care on Day 2.

Sailing strong together 🇬🇧🤝🇮🇳. We’ve concluded #ExKonkan. A proud moment as the Strike Group conducted a ceremonial sail past led by @HMSPWLS with the Indian task group led by INS Vikrant. #CSG25 #OpHighmast

Edition 10 of our Air Medical Journal column: Top-5 #prehospitalpapers - this time critiques from @airambulancekss #FOAMed (until 22 Nov 25) Pls read / share / comment.. -> tinyurl.com/AMJ-AAKSS Future editions from: @bostonmedflight @stat_medevac

@DefProfSurg @karolinskainst @DMS_MilMed @INM_RoyalNavy @ClareWaltonRAF @ExDefProfEM Superb! Great effort Cara, and an amazing example of international collaboration 💥

Congratulations to Surg. Lt. Cdr. Cara Swain RN, who *nailed* the public defence of her surgical PhD yesterday! Huge thanks to her supervisors at @karolinskainst (where PhD examination requires candidates to literally nail their thesis to the Library wall). Well done Cara!

Medtech innovators, engineers, trauma clinicians, life-scientists. Get ready to apply @DASAccelerator to develop your gen-after-nxt device to halt Non Compressible Haemorrhage. Sign-up to the DASA mail-list at tinyurl.com/yc6rb2k2 to get alerts for Call launch in early Sept.

Our new systematic review explores the role of oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate (OTFC) in major incident analgesia. Link to paper (Apols, not open access): journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…