🚑 New Episode of Clinical Conversations🎙️ Pre-hospital sedation carries serious ethical and clinical risks. In this episode of Clinical Conversations, @expensivecare.bsky.social and I explore why it’s risky and how to make it safer. #Paramedicine #PreHospitalCare #EmergencyMedicine #Sedation #EMS

Breaking bad news is one of the hardest things a paramedic must do. In this episode, we dive into: ✅ How to deliver devastating news with compassion ✅ The SPIKES framework ✅ The emotional toll on paramedics & how to cope @expensivecare.bsky.social 🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0sbS...

🎙️ New Podcast Alert The final episode in our pain management series with @expensivecare.bsky.social and @billlord.bsky.social is now live. 🔥 Topics: Pain care performance measures 📊 Chronic pain challenges Opioid myths & realities 💊 👉 Tune in: open.spotify.com/episode/5MMs...

JAMA Insights: All clinicians, not just those specializing in addiction medicine, should be able to effectively engage with patients with opioid use disorder about preventing overdose. ja.ma/4fNlha4

89% got the correct answer. Less than 25% of single-centre RCTs of critically ill patients claiming a mortality benefit were replicated in a multi-centre RCT, the actual number being 6%. thesgem.com/2025/01/sgem... @emcrit.bsky.social @kirstychallen.bsky.social

Morphine or fentanyl? Does splinting really reduce pain? Is ketamine the ideal prehospital analgesic? Is there a role for paramedic administered NSAIDs? What about nerve blocks? Find out the answer to these and more on part 2 of James’ interview with Bill Lord. 🚑💊🤕

Pain relief is important, so what can we actually do to help? In Part 2 of my conversation with @billlord.bsky.social and @expensivecare.bsky.social, we look at best practice in the care of people with pain.

Viewpoint from Manesh Patel and colleagues discusses a clinical framework for applying #AI in health care. ja.ma/3CIbcgX

Thanks David. It was great chatting with James about this important topic

At Ambulance Victoria, around 40% of our patients have pain as part of their presentation and we stand to make a real difference in the patient's experience of their illness. I was extremely fortunate to discuss the topic with paramedicine legend @billlord.bsky.social & @expensivecare.bsky.social