Safety Flash: Glycerol Toxicity from Slushies can present as nausea, abdominal pain, headache, drowsiness and profound hypoglycaemia

There is an upsurge of Mpox cases in the DRC and a growing number of African countries. The current variant is a ‘High Consequence Infectious Disease’ (HCID).

IV Pabrinex® will be out of stock from August 2024: Pabrinex® Intramuscular (IM) injection has been discontinued, Thiamine 50mg and 100mg tablets remain available.

It’s not just patients with Addison’s Disease who need steroid replacement. Patients on long term steroid therapy (by any route) are at risk of an adrenal crisis if they miss their medication, or have intercurrent illness

All patients should have time critical medications prescribed and administered at their
usual time whilst in the ED

Engaging patients for patient safety: A recurrent theme of enquiries into NHS failings is not hearing the patient voice

Use of N2O (Balloons, Whippets, Hippie Crack) as a recreational drug is common. Around 9% of 16-24 year olds use it per year.

Stocks must be conserved for patients where no other pharmacological/interventional/surgical option exists

This document outlines the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s (RCEM) system wide plan to improve patient care.

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