October 6, 2026
Crush injury needs tailored fluid resuscitation
Assess deficits, shock and mechanism before deciding how much fluid a patient with crush injury needs.
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October 1, 2026
Older abdominal pain needs a lower CT threshold
Minimal tenderness is less reassuring in older adults, so CT should remain readily considered.
Read briefingSeptember 27, 2026
The questions that expose clinical reasoning
Open “what” questions can uncover concerns and make clinical reasoning easier to examine.
Read briefingSeptember 26, 2026
Thoracotomy decisions need more than arrest time
Wound location and ECG rhythm can sharpen thoracotomy decisions in traumatic cardiac arrest.
Read briefingSeptember 25, 2026
Avoidable admission can compromise cancer treatment
Early acute oncology input can identify ambulatory care and preserve fitness for further cancer treatment.
Read briefingSeptember 21, 2026
Reducing the cost of everyday tasks
Reducing everyday energy demands can preserve capacity for the activities a patient values most.
Read briefingSeptember 14, 2026
Brain death requires a complete assessment
Residual responses, confounders or incomplete testing can prevent a brain death diagnosis despite devastating injury.
Read briefingSeptember 8, 2026
Rethinking interruptions in the emergency department
A safer ED communication system separates urgent interruption from messages that can wait.
Read briefingSeptember 6, 2026
Post-cardiotomy collapse needs a different algorithm
After cardiac surgery, invasive data and procedure-specific responses can matter more than a generic arrest algorithm.
Read briefingAugust 21, 2026
When cancer explanations cause harm
Cancer myths can fuel self-blame, restrictive eating and delayed action on weight loss.
Read briefingAugust 6, 2026
Fatigue-aware teamwork, levodopa variability and barriers to prevention
Fatigue-aware team safety, sex-related variation in levodopa exposure, and why prevention plans work better when clinicians identify practical barriers and explain artificial intelligence use transparently.
Read briefingJuly 26, 2026
Heart failure prevention, emergency-team performance and clinician wellbeing
Cardiometabolic risk and early cardiac remodelling with emergency-team coordination, uncertainty and clinician wellbeing.
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