Daryl Whitehall

OSCE passed. FRCEM ✅ 😊 It’s a weird surreal feeling that after 18 years of doing exams through high school, university, and postgraduate exams I am finally done.

A sensible outcome and a significant further step forward to combating pay erosion.

@walsh_joe Classic media manipulation

This happens nationwide 365 days a year, and is categorically not caused by strike action.

Working at the Oasis gig in Murrayfield and got to see the Red Arrows fly over. #OasisLive25 #OasisEdinburgh #RedArrows

Proud to have contributed a new learning resource on Hyperemesis to @RCEMLearning alongside @EmmaFormoy. Some key changes to management in the latest RCOG Guidance. Please take a look if interested Learning session: rcemlearning.co.uk/modules/hypere… Reference: rcemlearning.co.uk/reference/hype…

Pre-hospital ECPR for Refractory Cardiac Arrest – The PRECARE pilot feasibility study resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-… #Resuscitation

📢 New National Pre-Alert Guideline RCEM and @AACE_org have released a new national guideline to standardise pre-alert calls between ambulance services and EDs. 📄 Full guideline available now: tinyurl.com/rcemAACE ✅ Updated criteria for pre-alerts ✅ Use of ATMIST format ✅ Concise communication ✅ Importance of training for all staff This is about improving collaborative working to create safe patient handovers. Please share with your colleagues and teams! All position and advisory statements: rcem.ac.uk/rcem-position-…

Radiological signs of hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy on head computed tomography for prediction of poor functional outcome after cardiac arrest – a prospective observational cohort study resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-… #Resuscitation

Don’t disagree that treating sepsis early is important. BUT identifying sepsis early is hard. Just treating everyone with antibiotics quickly also has harm. A short thread 1/n

POV: It is 2035 and radiologists are asking whether they can lend a hand with scan reports

FRCEM SBA? Completed it mate ✅ Only one more exam to go! 😃

Radiologists pressing verify on the report everyone was waiting 2 hours for

Had a great day yesterday helping out at @stabbslifeboat teaching a mix of adult and paediatric medical and trauma scenarios. I also got to go for a ride on the lifeboat!

🚨 New: Best Practice Guidelines with the National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) - Management of Patients with Suspected but Unidentified Poisoning in the Emergency Department. ⬇️ Download it 🔄 share it ▶️ practice it. 🔗 Link: #rcem-guidance" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">rcem.ac.uk/clinical-guide…

Well JD Vance has taken after Liz Truss and discovered his lasting legacy; killing the pope.

The attending waiting for me to finish presenting my assessment and plan before changing everything about it

📢 See our Safety Flash on this very issue here ⬇️⬇️

When you refer abdo pain to surgeons without a CT scan 😅

Second Regulation 28 following the death of a patient misdiagnosed by a physician associate in ED "Witnesses from the Trust gave evidence that a Physician Associate was clinically equivalent to a Tier 2 resident doctor without evidence to support this belief" @RCEMpresident

Of people who required non-immediate care in an A&E department in England between 21 March 2021 and 30 April 2022, and did not die during their A&E attendance, 1.3% died within 30 days of returning home or be admitted to inpatient care. ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…