February 2021; papers of the month

The Resus Room

Simon Laing

Science, Emergencymedicine, Medicine, Health & Fitness, Em, Ae

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🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

So three very different papers for you this month...

We start off having a look at a paper on the HINTS examination. This exam came to prominence a few years ago as a way to distinguish between central and peripheral causes of vertigo with a pretty amazing sensitivity and specificity. Since then many EM clinicians have brought it onto their practice and this paper seeks to assess how good the test is at the bedside in real life practice.

Next up we take a look at a paper assessing the injury patterns in trapped patients and consider the prevalence of injuries both with regard to spinal and other injury patterns and then consider the impact that this holds with respect to extrication.

Finally we have a look at a paper focussing on the inhospitable management of hypertension; the treatment strategies and the outcomes comparing those being treated during their inpatient stay versus this left untreated with some surprising outcomes...

Once again we'd love to hear any thoughts or feedback either on the website or via twitter @TheResusRoom.

Simon & Rob

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0:00.0	Welcome to the recess room podcast.
0:03.5	Five, four, three, two, one, fire.
0:12.0	So hi, and welcome back to the recess room podcast.
0:15.6	I'm Simon Lang, and I'm Rob Fenwick.
0:18.2	And this is February 2021's Papers of the Month.
0:22.7	Yes, it is.
0:23.3	Welcome to Papers of the Month.
0:24.9	Most of us, as I'm sure you're aware, are still up to our ears in COVID.
0:28.4	But as a bit of evidence-based medicine respite, we have got three papers for you that contain not one single nod in the direction of that disease.
0:37.6	What could be more relaxing than some evidence-based medicine to get your mind off? not one single nod in the direction of that disease.
0:42.0	What could be more relaxing than some evidence-based medicine to get your mind off work, eh?
0:44.3	Absolutely. Yeah, you've got it, mate.
0:46.8	So this month we have got the hints exam.
0:50.2	So obviously stay tuned if you don't know what that actually is,
0:51.6	but it's quite interesting the paper.
0:53.8	We have got a paper on extrication, and we have got another one looking at whether
0:56.7	treating hypertension for inpatient is worth it.
1:01.0	So definitely worthy of 30 minutes of your time, we hope.
1:05.0	Yeah, not the 45 minutes that the episode will take, but definitely worth the 30 minutes
1:08.8	of your time if you might dedicate to it.
1:11.8	Indeed, indeed. Anyway, let's get cracking, man. Come on. Yeah. Okay. Well, before we get into it,
1:17.1	once again, a huge thanks to SJTrem, the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency
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