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Major Bleeding in the ED

Ok so I asked some of the nursing team in ED what they wanted to know more about, so this one is for you guys! What do we define as ‘major bleeding’ or major haemorrhage’? For me the way I describe that definition has changed somewhat over the years, in my military days where I […]

Winter is over? Time for a new challenge in ED

Think back to the start of March 2020… Team ED was still dealing with what seemed like the longest winter in the history of the world, Twitter was a-buzz with stories of how “crowding kills”. Corridor care was still a national problem, Staff were tired, and it didn’t look like we were getting any let […]

Between the lines #5

Much like many of the projects I started in 2020 and what is perhaps a damning indictment of my pandemic experience; blog number 5 is a year out of date. What was meant to be a piece extolling the importance of clinical education and teamwork during a crisis, has now turned into a reflection on […]

Rapid Assessment and Triage: my two CENTS worth..

My name is Pete Chessum I’m a Consultant ACP in ED/Acute medicine and also a PhD student studying resilience engineering in emergency departments.  In 2013 I helped with a NIHR project called the Emergency Care Handover Project (ECHO). After a decade of ACP life I’ve been asked to share what I think works (or doesn’t) […]