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Safety Flash: Handlebar Injuries in Children

Can cause significant intra-abdominal & retroperitoneal injury Children with intra-abdominal injury may present with normal physiology and/or without ...

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RCEM Healthcare Quality Improvement Plan 2025

A Quality Improvement Programme open to all Type 1 UK emergency departments (EDs) to participate and improve the care of patients attending UK EDs.

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Mental Health (Self Harm) QIP Information Pack 22-24

This document tells you everything you need to know if your Emergency Department (ED) wishes to participate in the 2022/24 RCEM national quality impro...

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Safety Flash: Glycerol Toxicity from Slushies

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

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Safety Flash: Mpox Outbreak

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’...

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Regional Holding Centres for Category C Antidotes

Use of these antidotes should always be discussed with NPIS and/or a Clinical Toxicologist who will be able to provide contact details to arrange the ...

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Learning Disabilities in the ED Toolkit

With approximately 1.5 million people with a learning disability in the UK, every Emergency Department will regularly see such patients...

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Safety Flash: Pabrinex Shortage

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

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Best Practice: Acute Opioid Toxicity

A joint publication from RCEM and National Poisons Information Service (NPIS)

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Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Frailty Toolkit

Produced by Dr Amy Armstrong, Consultant in Emergency Medicine/Frailty and Dr Nathalie Richard, Consultant in Emergency Medicine and RCEM SDEC SIG Cha...

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RCEM Explains: NHS Recovery Plan: One Year On

In January 2023, the Department for Health and NHS England published a delivery plan to recover emergency care services following the most challenging...

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RCEM Explains: Long waits and excess deaths

The idea of Emergency care services experiencing seasonal spikes in demand – so called ‘Winter Pressures’ are fast becoming a thing of the past

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Best Practice: Frequent Attendance in the Emergency Department

Delivering Interventions and Services for High Intensity Use

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Mental Health (Self Harm) 2022-23 Interim Report

RCEM National Quality Improvement Programme, Year One Interim Report

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RCEM Position Statement: Cauda Equina Syndrome

RCEM welcomes the publication of the National Suspected Cauda Equina Syndrome Pathway

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Infection Prevention Control QIP National Report 2022-23

RCEM National Quality Improvement Programme National Report

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Best Practice: Screening in the Emergency Department

Emergency department (ED) patients are being targeted with increased frequency for screening initiatives, some of which are unrelated to the patient's...

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Statement on the Consultant Sign-off QIP – January 2024

Showing the principles that should apply...

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Best Practice: Diagnosis of Thoracic Aortic Dissection

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine & The Royal College of Radiologists - Best Practice Guideline

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PiPP Project: Key Study Recommendations

Key Recommendations for Retention and Workforce Wellbeing in Emergency Care

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RCEM Acute Insight Series: Impact of staff burnout and retention

Jo Daniels, PIPP Project Lead, University of Bath and Edd Carlton, Professor of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine

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The Management of Emergency Department Crowding

A Service Design and Configuration Committee publication, replacing and updating the RCEM Crowding Guidance of 2014.

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Safety Flash: Cortico-Steroid Dependency

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 adr...

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Safety Flash: Time Critical Medication

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

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Misconduct Policy for MRCEM and FRCEM Examinations

Updated information on the RCEM misconduct policy

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Best Practice: Acute Behavioural Disturbance in Emergency Departments

Updated to October 2023 version

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Best Practice: Invasive Procedures in the Emergency Department

RCEM Best Practice Guideline (Updated)

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Clinical Responsibility for Patients Within the Emergency Department

RCEM Position Statement (Updated)

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Best Practice: Providing Patient Information in the Emergency Department

This guideline is written to cover the basic requirements for provision of information to patients in Emergency Departments in the United Kingdom.

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Pharmacists and Pharmacy Services in the Emergency Department

Joint Position Statement between UK Clinical Pharmacy Association and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine

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Service Design Delivery Toolkit (2013)

Service Delivery and Workforce 2013 - A Toolkit to help address service and workforce pressures affecting EDs across the UK

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Safety Flash: World Patient Safety Day

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

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Annual Quality Report 2021-22

Executive summary - The academic year 2021 – 2022 has been yet another year full of challenges.

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RCEM Progress Against Delivery Plan

The winter of 2022/23 posed significant challenges for the NHS, prompting the Department for Health and NHS England to publish two ‘plans’ to recover

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MRCEM OSCE Information and Regulations

Updated detailed information on the MRCEM OSCE examination

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Response to HSCS inquiry into winter planning

RCEM Scotland's response to Scottish Health, Sport and Social Care committee inquiry into NHS winter planning.

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Suspected Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome

Guidance bridging the gap between evidence and the need to provide quality care and advice, updated February 2024.

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Best Practice: Measuring the Quality of Patient Care in the ED

This guideline has been developed to help medical and nursing staff within Emergency Department (EDs) provide better care for their patients.

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SNAP Regimen Treatment of Paracetamol Toxicity

Use of the SNAP Regimen for Treatment of Paracetamol Toxicity in adults and children

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ACP Credentialing Checklist (2017 curriculum) – Dual

The ACP Credentialing Checklist, a simplified version of which can be found on the ACP’s ePortfolio dashboard,

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ACP Credentialing Checklist (2017 curriculum) – Children

The ACP Credentialing Checklist, a simplified version of which can be found on the ACP’s ePortfolio dashboard.

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ACP Credentialing Checklist (2017 curriculum) – Adults

The ACP Credentialing Checklist, a simplified version of which can be found on the ACP’s ePortfolio dashboard

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Reducing unnecessary cannulation in the ED

Environmental and financial benefits from the Royal Free Emergency Department

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Management of Adolescent Young Adults in the ED

From the RCEM Paediatric Emergency Medicine Professional Advisory Group

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Assessing Cognitive Impairment in Older People

RCEM National Quality Improvement Project - National Report 2019/20

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CT Scans Requiring IV Iodinated Contrast Agent

Position Statement - Emergency CT Scans

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Improving Hip Fracture Care in the ED Toolkit

Developing national standards to drive Quality Improvement in hip fracture care - A collaboration between the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCE...

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Care of Older People in the ED – QIP Information Pack

For Care of Older People QIP – Data Collection 5 May 2023 – 2 May 2025

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RCEM Oral Questions Briefing: House of Lords

RCEM briefing on Oral questions in the House of Lords: Prime Minister’s pledge to strengthen the NHS

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Mental Health in the ED Toolkit

Mental Health sub-committee - We owe it to our patients to work to improve care both by our ED staff and to push for better mental health care service...

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Wales’ Emergency Medicine Workforce Census 2023

This report was written on behalf of the National Board of Wales by Tamara Pinedo, Senior Policy Officer.

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Consultant Sign Off Report 2021-22

Performance of safe discharge of adult and child patients - published April 2023

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Infection Prevention and Control – Year 2 Report

National Quality Improvement Project Report - published April 2023

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Pain in Children National Report 2021-22

National Quality Improvement Project Report - published April 2023

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Assessment of Risk During the Maternity Pathway

An independent report by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch

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RCEM Explains long waits and excess mortality

Emergency care services face an unparalleled crisis. More patients than ever before are experiencing extremely long waiting times in our Emergency D...

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Proposal for Health & Social Care Select Committee Prevention Inquiry

Proposal - The Health and Social Care Select Committee should examine the role emergency care can play in prevention in its upcoming prevention inqu...

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Safety Flash: Nitrous Oxide – It’s not a laughing matter

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

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RCEM Position Statement – Artificial Intelligence

Recent years have seen a rapid development in clinically-orientated Artificial Intelligence (AI) including Machine Learning (ML) applications

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Psychologically Informed Practice and Policy (PIPP) Study – Executive Summary

The UK National Health Service (NHS) and specifically Emergency Medicine (EM) is facing a retention crisis...

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Rebuilding the NHS better medical pathways for Acute Care

Urgent update, immediate priorities, and recommendations

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Advice for Clinicians Involved in ED IT Procurement

From the RCEM Informatics Committee

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National QIP User Guide 2022/23

A guide for users of the RCEM National online QI system.

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Children’s Mental Health Risk Pathway Assessment

A checklist provided by Wirral University teaching hospital.

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EC-ACP Guide to Credentialing

2017 Curriculum - Updated October 2022

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RCEM Coronavirus Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC)

The recommendations in this document are a re-statement of good infection and control procedures that should be in place in emergency departments (EDs...

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Mild Head Injury Patient Advice Leaflet

Manchester Royal Infirmary, October 2022

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Concussion and Sport Patient Advice Leaflet

Manchester Royal Infirmary, October 2022

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Discharge to General Practice – Update

Latest edition update October 2022

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Best Practice: Discharge to General Practice

Royal College of General Practitioners guidance for adult and paediatric patients being directly discharged from the emergency department.

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RCEM Quality Improvement Guide

Updated version - September 2022

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Guidance for emergency departments: initial assessment

The 2022 to 2023 NHS planning guidance...

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Reconfiguring Emergency Medicine Services

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Safety Flash: Shortages of Alteplase and Tenecteplase

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

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How to Login to Kaizen

PDF download with full instructions

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RCEM Statement regarding shortage of Alteplase and Tenecteplase injections

In response to the National Patient Safety Alert issued on 3rd August 2022 RCEM welcomes the proactive response of both the manufacturer of Alteplase ...

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Position statement on drink spiking

Joint statement with the College of Policing and National Police Chiefs' Council - Drink spiking is when someone puts drugs or alcohol into a person’s...

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Nitrous Oxide & Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine

This information sheet, put together with the College of Paramedics, Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, and the British Association for Immedi...

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Heat Related Illness – NASMeD Guidance of July 2022

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Joint statement from medical royal colleges and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges on the Conservative leadership contest

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the general health of the British public and the NHS will be long lasting. NHS waiting lists currently stand a...

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Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery 10 Point Action Plan – Briefing

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Survey of Children and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Services in the Emergency Department

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RCEM Consultant Workforce Recommendations

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RCEM Safeguarding Policy (December 2021)

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National Quality Improvement Project (QIP) User Guide 2022

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RCEM Committee Structure Chart

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Consultant Sign Off QIP Information Pack

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EMSAS Person Specification for Specialist Doctors

Updated March 2022

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MRCEM Exam Primary Information and Regulations

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MRCEM Exam Guidance for Candidates with Additional Requirements

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Ambulance Handover Delays: Options Appraisal to Support Good Decision Making

Updated 31 March 2022

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Infection Prevention and Control – National Report 2020-2021

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Misconduct Policy for MRCEM and FRCEM Examinations

Updated March 2022

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Marking Exams by the Angoff Method

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QIP: Infection Prevention and Control Information Pack

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Resource Toolkits: Sepsis

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Ketamine Procedural Sedation for Children in ED’s

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Environmental Sustainability in EM

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Equality & Diversity Guidance

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Pain in Children National Report

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Improving Hospital Flow for Urgent Care

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Quality Strategy Part A January 2022

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Acute Aortic Dissection Programme – 7 June 2022

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Examination Fees 2022

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Improving Medical Pathways for Acute Care

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Security & Restraint Survey Report

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Pain in Children QIP Information Pack

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Mental Health in the Emergency Department

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Best Practice: College Publications Template

This guideline was produced as a document to advise and assist those clinicians who have been commissioned (or volunteered) to write an article for pu...

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Trainee Emergency Research Network (TERN) Fellowship 2021

We’ve launched the second round of the RCEM TERN Fellowship scheme, which will fund 50% of the successful applicant’s time over a two-year period.

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Educational Meeting: Supplementary Review’s Preview

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Doctoral Research Fellowship 2022

We've launched the next round of our PhD Fellowship Scheme. Applications are invited from EM trainees from CT1 and above before 21 January 2022.

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Acute Care Assessment 2021

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Performing an Anaesthetic Pre-Operative Assessment’s Preview

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General Anaesthesia for an ASA I/II Patient Having Uncomplicated Surgery

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Holistic Assessment of Learning Outcomes – HALO

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IAC Initial Assessment of Competence Certificate’s Preview

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MCR / MTR ACCS’s Preview

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ACCS End of Placement Report’s Preview

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ACP Faculty Educational Governance Statement’s Preview

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ARCP Form’s Preview

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Educational Meeting 2015 Curriculum’s Preview

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Educational Meeting ST3 – ST7’s Preview

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Educational Supervisor Report ACCS’s Preview

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Educational Supervisor Report Covid-19: HST’s Preview

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Educational Supervisor Report Covid-19: Intermediate’s Preview

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Faculty Education Governance Statement – ACCS CT1-2 / ST1-2 Trainee

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Faculty Education Governance Statement – ST6 Trainee

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Faculty Education Governance Statement – Interim / Formative

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Faculty Education Governance Statement – Intermediate ST3 Trainee

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Faculty Education Governance Statement – ST4 & ST5

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Structured Training Report 2015 Curriculum

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Educational Meeting CT1/ST1 – CT2/ST2’s Preview

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Discharge to General Practice

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Guideline on Antidote Availability for EDs

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Toxicology: RCEM NPIS Antidote Guideline List

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RCEM Complaints Policy Procedures

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RCEM Acute Insight Series: Crowding and its Consequences

Emergency Department (ED) crowding is a major threat to public health and represents a serious policy challenge that must be urgently tackled.

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RCEM CARES: The Next Phase

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

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Really Useful Guide to Managing Your ED

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PhD Fellowship Scheme & Guidance

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Covid-19: Paediatric Emergency Department Care Record

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RCEM Position Statement: Use of the SNAP Regime for the Treatment of Paracetamol Toxicity

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Toxicology: RCEM NPIS Antidote Guideline Letter

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Toxicology: RCEM NPIS Antidote Guideline Appendix 1

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Best Practice: Patient Care in the ED

This guideline has been developed to help medical and nursing staff within Emergency Department (EDs) provide better care for their patients

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Best Practice: Management of Controlled Energy Device (Taser) Attendances

Best practice regarding patients attending emergency departments (ED) following discharge of controlled electrical devices (CED) by the Police Service

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Legal Learning Case: Accurate Waiting Time Information

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National QIP User Guide

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RCP Cymru Wales: Royal colleges call for national action to prepare for winter

Call for national action to prepare for winter.

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Coronavirus: latest information and advice

Latest Coronavirus news.

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RCEM Wales Manifesto

Emergency Departments (EDs) are the only part of NHS Wales that offer a truly round the clock service, seven days a week.

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RCEM CARES: Spotlight on: Access Joint letter to Trust CEOs with RCP and SAM

Improving medical pathways for acute care

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Retain, Recruit, Recover

Policy planning for recovery

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RCEM Acute Insight Series: What’s Behind the Increase in Demand in EDs?

Levels of Emergency Department (ED) attendances and subsequent admissions are not only reaching pre-pandemic levels but surpassing them.

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Your Questions about the Curriculum Answered – Twitter Q&A

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Joint Statement on Myanmar

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Joint Statement Calling for Urgent Release of Professor Maw Maw Oo

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Vaccine Pathway Concerns – RCEM/SAM/RCP Guidance

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RCEM Explains: Hospital Beds MP Briefing

RCEM Explains: Hospital Beds

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Scotland’s Emergency Medicine Workforce Census (July 2021)

Scotland's Emergency Medicine Workforce Census

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Letter to the Foreign Secretary calling for the release of Professor Maw Maw Oo (6 July 2021)

Letter to the Foreign Secretary calling for the release of Professor Maw Maw Oo

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Results of the June 2021 MRCEM OSCE

Results of the June2021 MRCEM OSCE

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What’s Behind the Increase in Demand in Emergency Departments? (August 2021)

What's behind the increase in demand in Emergency Departments?

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Safety Flash: Covid-19 – PPE Buddy System

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Covid-19: Emergency Department Care Record

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Op Courage: The Veterans Mental Health & Wellbeing Service (August 2021)

The Veteran's Mental Health and Wellbeing Service

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Retain, Recruit, Recover – Call for action to improve urgent & emergency care

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Scotlands Emergency Medicine Workforce Census

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Best Practice: Collaborative Working Between Emergency and Critical Care

A "Better Together" framework for improved collaborative working between Emergency Medicine (EM) and Intensive Care Medicine (ICM)

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Best Practice: Management of Pain in Adults

This guideline has been developed and reviewed to provide clear guidance on the standards for timeliness and provision of analgesia for adult patients...

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Best Practice: Ingestion of Super Strong Magnets in Children

Raise awareness of the risks associated with ingestion of rare earth magnets and provide guidance for clinical management of paediatric patients who a...

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Summer to Recover: A Guide for Clinical Leads

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Best Practice: Pharmacological Agents for Procedural Sedation and Analgesia

This document provides guidelines for the use of common pharmacological agents in sedation in the Emergency Department in the UK.

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Covid-19: Airway Management in the Pandemic

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Mental Health National Slides 2019/20

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Mental Health National Report 2019/20

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Manchester Triage System Update Letter

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RCEM Statement on Vaccine Hesitancy

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National Recruitment 2021 – EM ACCS

National Recruitment 2021 - EM ACCS

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Mental Health (Self-Harm) Quality Improvement Project National Report

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Letter to Foreign Secretary – UN Political Declaration – March 2021

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Letter to the Chancellor Regarding the Spring Budget 2021

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Joint letter to Foreign Secretary 2021: UN Political Declaration

Request for continued UK protection for medical workers, facilities, and patients in conflict zones

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RCEM CARES – Retention – Policymaker Brief for MPs (England)

Policymaker brief for MPs (ENGLAND)

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Position Statement: Public Health in Emergency Medicine

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Assessing for Cognitive Impairment in Older People National Results

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Covid-19: ED Infection Prevention and Control during Covid-19 Pandemic

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Response to the Clinical Review of Standards Consultation

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RCEM CARES: Retention Policymaker Brief for MPs

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Best Practice: ED Infection Prevention and Control during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Best practice for infection prevention and control for health and management professionals who work in or have responsibility for running and regulati...

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Care of Children National Results 2019/20

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Care of Children National Report 2019/20

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AoMRC statement on vaccination and second doses (Jan 2021)

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges firmly supports the decision of the four UK chief medical officers to prioritise the delivery of the first COVID...

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RCEM Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Statement on Terminology

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee

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PPE Ethnic Minorities and Risk in EDs During the Pandemic

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RCEM National Quality Improvement Projects 2019/20 – Care of Children Report (January 2021)

National Quality Improvement Project

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UK CMOs, NHS, GMC & AoMRC joint letter of support

Supporting doctors throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

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Psychological Distress and Trauma in Doctors Providing Frontline Care

During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom and Ireland: A Prospective Longitudinal Survey Cohort Study

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RCEM CARES: Spotlight on: Crowding – Policy Maker brief – Wales

Spotlight on Crowding in Wales

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RCEM CARES: Spotlight On: Safety

Spotlight on Safety

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RCEM CARES: Safety: Policymaker brief

Spotlight on Safety: Policymaker brief

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Security & Restraint Survey Report

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RCEM CARES: Spotlight on: Crowding (Scotland)

Spotlight on: Crowding - Scotland

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The RCEM End of Life Care Toolkit

The presumption in Emergency Medicine is that our aim is to prolong life, however, we should also recognise that alleviating suffering and prioritisin...

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Best Practice: Management of Suspected Internal Drug Trafficker

This guideline deals with patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) suspected of Internal Drug Trafficking (SIDT) or concealment

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Best Practice: HIV Testing in the Emergency Department

This guideline is to assist Emergency Physicians and healthcare managers in the establishment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing in Emergen...

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EM Advanced Clinical Practitioners providing safe sedation in the adult ED

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RCEM CARES – Crowding policymaker brief (November 2020)

Spotlight on Crowding - England

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Learning from the first phase of the Coronavirus Pandemic (November 2020)

Learning from the first phase of the Coronavirus Pandemic.

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Letter to the profession from CMOs, NHS and Colleges

Supporting doctors throughout the second COVID-19 wave

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RCEM & Healthwatch – FAQs on NHS 111 First

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Covid-19: Explaining the Legal and Ethical Dimensions

...and Providing Professional & Public Guidance - briefings for each of the UK nations

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Update on oversubscribed November FRCEM OSCE

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RCEM Position Statement: Patients who do not attend appointments in EDs

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Postponement of January MRCEM OSCE

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EMJ Podcast: Can Covid-19 be an opportunity for the future of Emergency Departments?

COVID-19 be an opportunity for the future of Emergency Departments?

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RCEM Guidance: What to do if your ED is becoming crowded again after the initial Covid-19 period

Crowding is returning to Emergency Departments (EDs) in the UK and there are significant concerns about how the situation is developing.

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UPDATED: RCEM Wellness Compendium

Shielding advice for trainees

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NHS Ambulance Services pre-alert guideline for the deteriorating adult patient

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Ambulatory Care: Ambulance Services Pre-alert Guideline for the Deteriorating Adult Patient

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Best Practice: Traumatic Cardiac Arrest in Adults

For EDs that are not designated Major Trauma Centres a Traumatic Cardiac Arrest (TCA) may be an infrequent event which requires a modification to the ...

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RCEM TSC Advice for Shielding Trainees

TSC Advice for Shielding Trainees

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Position Statement: The case for a radical shake up of the Emergency Care system in England before winter

The case for a radical shake up of the Emergency Care system in England before winter.

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RCEM Scotland Position Statement: The Four-Hour Emergency Access Standard

The Four-Hour Emergency Access Standard is an important safety indicator for the acute care system.

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Statement on the FRCEM Final SAQ examination 9 July sitting

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Best Practice: Fascia Iliaca Block in the Emergency Department

Fascia Iliaca Block (FIB) is being increasingly used in Emergency Departments (ED) including in the United Kingdom, principally for pain relief in fra...

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Management of Adult Cardiac Arrest Patients Taken to EDs during Covid-19

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RCEM joins Medical Royal Colleges to call for urgent review of UK preparedness for second Covid-19 wave

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has co-signed an open letter to the leaders of all UK political parties to call for a transparent rapid review...

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Royal Colleges appeal to Select Committee for ‘urgent action’ to make hospitals safe 

In advance of an oral evidence session with the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee this morning (Tuesday), the Presidents of the...

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Mental Health Newsletter June 2020

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RCEM & NASMeD Adult Cardiac Arrest Arrival at ED document summary statement

RCEM and the Ambulance Services have worked together to agree a document about the processes for adults in cardiac arrest arriving by ambulance at Eme...

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Covid-19: All That Glitters – Things to Remember During the Pandemic

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Covid-19: Children Clinical Brief

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Best Practice: The Patient Who Absconds

This guideline has been developed to assist Emergency Physicians in the management of patients who abscond from the Emergency Department (ED).

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Update on adjustments to FRCEM QIP marking in light of Covid-19

Adjustment to FRCEM QIP Marking

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Best Practice: Management of Investigation Results in the ED

This guideline seeks to provide guidance for Emergency Departments in how they manage normal and abnormal radiology and pathology results.

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COVID-19 Experiences from doctors in UK and Australia – a conversation

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Resetting Emergency Care – Position Statement

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Summer to Recover: Winter-proofing Urgent and Emergency Care for 2021

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Colleges joint letter to Lord Deighton about PPE

Congratulations on your appointment as the PPE ‘tsar’

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Position Statement: ED Doctors Performing Mental Health Act Assessments

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Coronavirus (Covid-19) guidance for clinicians

The NHS and government have set out a blueprint to address backlogs built up during the COVID pandemic and tackle long waits for care with a massive e...

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Buddy System (April 2020)

Pairing with another colleague (Your BUDDY) can improve the safety of you, your buddy and the patient.

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Supporting doctors in the event of a Covid-19 Epidemic in the UK

If COVID19 becomes an established significant epidemic in the UK, NHS and HSC services in primary and secondary care and public health across all four...

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RCEM & ACEM joint statement on Covid-19

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Covid-19: Salbutamol peak flow and nebulisation advice

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Best Practice: Emergency Department Out of Hours Discharge Medications

This guideline is designed primarily for use in Type 1 EDs, but the suggestions and drugs listed will be of relevance to Type 2 and 3 Departments for ...

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Best Practice: Inclusion Health in the ED

Caring for Patients Who Are Homeless or Socially Excluded - This guidance has been produced in the light of statutory duties with regards inclusion he...

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Covid-19: Safety Alert – People with Diabetes

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Cancellation of examinations

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has taken the decision to cancel several examinations due to the further escalation of coronavirus Covid-19.

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Covid-19: Herd Wellbeing and Resilience

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Covid-19: Individual Wellbeing and Resilience

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Position Statement: Cauda Equina Syndrome

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Crib Sheet for Care in Children QIP

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Best Practice: Ketamine Procedural Sedation for Children in the ED

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Care of Children in the ED Information Pack

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Position Statement: Paediatric Trauma – Stabilisation of the Cervical Spine

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CMO for England statement on the Wuhan novel coronavirus

Chief Medical Officer for England statement on the Wuhan novel coronavirus

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Safety Flash: Anorexia Nervosa

Safety Flash on Anorexia Nervosa

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Safety Flash: Undetected button and coin cell battery ingestion in children

Undetected button and coin cell battery ingestion in children

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Joint Statement RCEM and SAM regarding Same Day Emergency Care

Joint statement RCEM and SAM regarding Same Day Emergency Care

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Position Statement: Winter pressures in children’s emergency care settings

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RCEM and RCPCH position statement on winter pressures in children’s emergency care settings

Joint position statement from RCPCH, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) and Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

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Assessing for Cognitive Impairment in Older People Information Pack

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Mental Health Audit Information Pack 2019

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Joint Statement RCEM and SAM regarding Same Day Emergency Care

There has been much publicity recently around provision of Same Day Emergency Care services as outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan 2019. RCEM and SAM e...

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RCEM Guidance: Mental Health Toolkit 2019

Mental Health in Emergency Departments

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EM-POWER: Returning to EM Clinical Practice

Highlighting the various strategies available for ongoing professional development and to increase awareness of the portfolio job plan.

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EM-POWER: A practical guide to flexible working and good EM rota design

This guide is written for EM clinicians and managers looking to improve the way they manage clinical rotas and improve retention, recruitment, flexibl...

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Mental Health Newsletter October 2019

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Safety Flash: Major Trauma in Older People (ISS > 15)

Major Trauma in Older People

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Mental Health Newsletter August 2019

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Best Practice: Drug Misuse and the Emergency Department

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The role of pharmacists in the ED

RCEM recommends the use of dedicated Emergency Department pharmacists to work as part of a multidisciplinary team

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RCEM release position statement on metrics to supplement four-hour target

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) supports the continued use of the four-hour access standard as a high-level metric to monitor emergency...

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Position Statement: Improving Quality Indicators and System Metrics for EDs in England

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Joint letter to Jeremy Hunt urges government to show support for health workers and facilities being targeted as acts of war

Sixteen Medical Royal Colleges and Associations have written a joint letter to the Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, asking the government to signal its...

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Position Statement: Advanced Life Support

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Ambulatory Care: Emergency Toolkit

Delivering same day emergency care from the Emergency Department

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Ambulatory Emergency Care Toolkit

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Best Practice: Patients with a Diagnosis of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

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RCEM FICM joint statement on winter pressures (2018)

In their joint position statement the Faculty and College take the unprecedented step of warning that critical and emergency care services will be str...

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Understanding SPC Charts

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National Survey on Mental Health Services for Children and Young People

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Best Practice: Consent in Adults, Adolescents and Children in EDs

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A Guide to Section 136 for Emergency Departments

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Best Practice: A brief guide to Section 136 for EDs

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Best Practice: Intravenous Regional Anaesthesia for Distal Forearm Fractures (Bier’s Block)

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Best Practice: Guideline for Information Sharing to Reduce Community Violence

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Position Statement: CQUIN to Reduce Frequent Attenders and Mental Health Attendances

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Best Practice: Frequent Attenders in the Emergency Department

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Ambulatory Care: Position Statement

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Best Practice: A Universal FGM Flowchart and Reporting Tool

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Best Practice: Management of Pain in Children

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Best Practice: Emergency Department Care

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Ambulatory Care: Operational Guide

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Position Statement: Resuscitative Thoracotomy in Trauma Units

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Position Statement: Complications of Early Pregnancy and the role of the Emergency Department

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Response to RCR Imaging in Paediatric Trauma Guidelines

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Best Practice: Mental Capacity Act in EM Practice

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Mental Capacity Act Guideline

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Best Practice: The Mental Capacity Act in Emergency Medicine Practice

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Initial Assessment of Emergency Department Managers

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Best Practice: Giving Information to Patients in the Emergency Department

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Position Statement: Clinical Responsibility for Patients within the ED

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Best Practice: Emergency Department Patients in Police Custody

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Emergency Airway Management

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Position Statement: Acute Ischaemic Stroke and Intravenous Thrombolysis

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Best Practice: Management of Adult Patients Who Attend ED After Sexual Assault and / or Rape

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Best Practice: Reducing Redundant Activity in the Acute Setting

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Alcohol: A Toolkit for Improving Care

It is a great privilege to introduce this toolkit – the first we have issued as a Royal College - and the subject could not be more worthy

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Position Statement: Alcohol Related Harm

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Ebola: RCEM Letter to Clinicians – Travel History

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Best Practice: Chaperones in Emergency Departments

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Best Practice: Management of Domestic Abuse

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Best Practice: Ebola Guidance

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Ebola: EPRR CRG Opinion on emergency care for Ebola

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Ebola: Rapid Risk Assessment

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Safety Toolkit

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Gemnet: Thromboprophylaxis Example Protocol

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Position Statement: Care of patients exposed to blood borne viruses by needlesticks

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Paracetamol Overdose Guidance

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Gemnet: Thromboprophylaxis in Ambulatory Trauma Patients Requiring Temporary Limb Immobilisation

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Best Practice: Providing a Witness Statement for the Police

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Position Statement: Providing pre-transfusion blood samples for the police

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Position Statement: Triage

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Unscheduled Care Facilities: Minimum requirements for units which see the less seriously ill or injured

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