No one records mortality statistics for patients in EDs in the UK, apart from us!
Cause of death in the ED of a major trauma centre in the UK | Emergency Medicine Journal ⁦Ed Barnard⁩ ⁦DerriFOAM⁩ ⁦Rick Body⁩ ⁦Simon Carley⁩ emj.bmj.com/content/early/…

*NEW* NHS Major Incident Triage Tool (MITT) to be used by all NHS responders

Ten Second Triage tool (TST) to be used by anyone providing care to casualties prior to the arrival of the NHS clinical response

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To be fair there is a lot of variability in both groups. And one of the pilots sites is still reporting unusually short waits. But several pilot sites who used to be good on the 4hr metric are now awful on average waits...

Trained zero responders can save lives. Life-saving bleed kits should be widely available - trauma surgeon ⁦citizenAID⁩ ⁦StreetDoctors⁩ ⁦St John Ambulance England⁩ ⁦KnifeSavers⁩ ⁦The Daniel Baird Foundation #ControlTheBleed🩸⁩ ⁦YourStance⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Thank you, @drbenswift for your talk ehaat_ . I still don’t believe your version of the Father Christmas story but your points were well made (!) Serious bit - The clinicopathological correlation is the most important thing we can do to move our PHEM specialty forward.

Are you seeking to change the culture of your organisation or system? DON'T start by setting up a 'culture change' programme or a direct 'culture' intervention. Culture gets changed when people start doing real work differently: hbswk.hbs.edu/item/to-change… Via Working Knowledge

New DAATCL Devon Air Ambulance PHEA aide memoir for Ambulance crews ready to go. Working to reduce on scene times for patients. Attending an incident with us? Ask for a card (if we dont give you one), you can place your trust ID on the other side of the holder.

Sad day. Last Devon Air Ambulance shift with Craig “Biz” Bisset - fab aviator and friend who has gone above and beyond in the air and on scene to help those that need us. Shame about his below average banter!! Fly safe North of The Wall.

Emergency Medicine Journal Ed Barnard University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust CAP-IT Study Thanks to the team Robert James Stacey Webster Felix Wood Ffion_B

And a big thank you to @Reynard_EM and the team at Emergency Medicine Journal Ellen Weber for your help

⁦Andy Murray⁩ - FYI. Well played and great to see you back competing at that level. Looking forward to seeing more of you next year. #ATP #naturalhistorymuseum

'Nothing new under the sun.'
- African Proverb

Cartoon from the 1930s 👇🏻

.@Hermesparcels Very disappointed to pay extra for my daughter’s stuff 2 b delivered today. My wife has been in all the time. I’ve got a message from you saying nobody is home to take delivery. That’s just not true. Very poor service. If only everyone were as good as DPD Support (UK)

The RAF HSU enters its 4th day of preparation for assurance as part of this we are conducting our Rehearsal of Concept drills. Photograph demonstrates Front of House procedures. RAF Brize Norton PMRAFNS Defence Medical Services @DMS_DG DMS Surgeon General Michael Priestley RRC

Work to live everyone or you may not live to work - have a great weekend

RAF HSU undergoes 2 days of assurance from #AMSTC in order to reach FOC and be declared to the DMS Defence Catalogue. Thank you to our ‘critical friends’ who offered advice and support leading us to this crucial point in the Exercise. Michael Priestley RRC PMRAFNS Defence Medical Services

UPDATE: RAF Hospital Staging Unit reached a high level of assurance. A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this happen. RAF Brize Norton Defence Medical Services PMRAFNS Michael Priestley RRC