About this episode

In the July 2025 episode, Rob discusses paediatric critical illness and C-spine clearance with guest Dave, while Becky and Chris conclude their deep dive into acute behavioural disturbance guidelines.

Happy July! This month for the July 2025 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast Rob covers for Andy and discussed two PEM papers with Dave - looking at the role of parental concern in predicting paediatric critical illness and one looking at clearing the paediatric C-spine with CT imaging alone. Becky and Chris finish up their two part deep dive through a guideline looking at the management of acute behavioural disturbance and we then end with New Online! If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here . After listening, complete a short quiz to have your time accredited for CPD at the RCEMLearning website! (02:39) New in EM - Parental concern and paediatric critical illness Association between caregiver concern for clinical deterioration and critical illness in children presenting to hospital: a prospective cohort study (Mills et al., 2025) (18:01) Guidelines for EM - Acute Behavioural Disturbance in Emergency Departments (Part Two) RCEM - Acute Behavioural Disturbance in Emergency Departments (RCEM, 2025) [PDF] (43:37) New in EM - Paediatric C-spine clearance with CT alone An analysis of potential cervical spine clearance in children with computed tomography alone…

People in this episode

Host: Rob

Guest: Dave

Topics covered

• paediatric critical illness
• acute behavioural disturbance
• C-spine clearance
• emergency medicine
• guidelines
• parental concern

Keywords

• paediatric
• critical illness
• C-spine
• emergency medicine
• guidelines
• behavioural disturbance
• parental concern
• CT imaging

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RCEM

Books & works: Association between caregiver concern for clinical deterioration and critical illness in children presenting to hospital: a prospective cohort study, Guidelines for EM - Acute Behavioural Disturbance in Emergency Departments, An analysis of potential cervical spine clearance in children with computed tomography alone

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