Emj Podcast

What happens to an emergency department when staff go on strike? A new study published in EMJ examines this challenging scenario and its impact on patient flow. Another paper looks at the hybrid-warfare attack carried out in Lebanon, where exploding pagers caused a mass casualty incident, and what emergency departments can learn from managing that event. EMJ editor Prof. Richard Body adds some of his own reflections from the Ariana Grande concert terror attack in Manchester.  Two more complex situations round out the list of papers for this episode, covering out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in pregnant patients, and magnet ingestion in children.  Read the highlights: Primary survey Prehospital resuscitative hysterotomy: a practice review The pager explosions: lessons learnt from a hybrid-warfare mass casualty incident What health systems should learn from the Lebanon pager attack Diagnosis and management of paediatric magnet ingestion: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines Evaluating the impact