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In the June 2025 episode, Rob discusses key papers on pre-hospital thoracotomy and resuscitative hysterotomy with guests Dave, Becky, and Chris, while also covering guidelines for managing acute behavioural disturbance.

Happy June! This month for the June 2025 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast Rob covers for Andy and discussed two HALO-heavy papers with Dave - looking at the London HEMS pre-hospital thoracotomy paper and a systematic review looking at resuscitative hysterotomy. Becky and Chris go on the first of a 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! (02:35) New in EM - London HEMS Thoracotomy Outcomes Prehospital Resuscitative Thoracotomy for Traumatic Cardiac Arrest (Perkins et al., 2025) RCEMLearning July 2023 - HALO Procedures with Joseph Mathew and Dave McCreary (15:41) Guidelines for EM - Acute Behavioural Disturbance in Emergency Departments RCEM - Acute Behavioural Disturbance in Emergency Departments (RCEM, 2025) [PDF] (46:00) New in EM - Systematic review of resuscitative hysterotomies ---- 13:49 Maternal and neonatal outcomes following resuscitative hysterotomy for out of hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review (Leech et…

People in this episode

Host: Rob

Guests: Dave, Becky, Chris

Topics covered

• pre-hospital thoracotomy
• resuscitative hysterotomy
• acute behavioural disturbance
• emergency medicine guidelines
• CPD accreditation

Keywords

• thoracotomy
• hysterotomy
• acute behavioural disturbance
• emergency medicine
• CPD
• systematic review
• guidelines

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: London HEMS, RCEM

Books & works: Maternal and neonatal outcomes following resuscitative hysterotomy for out of hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review, Guidelines for EM - Acute Behavioural Disturbance in Emergency Departments, Tracheostomy emergencies in adults, Pelvic Fractures – A guide to treatment within a Trauma Unit

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