Our Consultant Christmas Sim took off today. In-flight emergencies on a flight to Lapland 🎅✈️ Sadly diverted to Knock for multiple emergencies. We never made it to the North Pole! Great craic & great learning! Thanks @dscarthy for organising and thanks @GalwayICAPSS 👏🏻 🎄

2025 Conference & Forum Programmes - Registration is OPEN! Join us at Sligo University Hospital for⬇️ 📅 4th Early Stage Health Researcher Forum 27 Nov 1–5 PM In-person 📅 26th Annual Multidisciplinary Health Research Conference 28 Nov Hybrid Secure place:ref-sligo.ie/conference-2025

Thanks @EMedSligo and @GilmartinStevo for bringing the casted course all the way from Canada to ireland! Really enjoyed the weekend! 🤩

🚀📷 Thrilled to announce our latest research on chest drain complications in the ED is officially published in the @IMJ_IRL !! 📷imj.ie/prevalence-of-complic…📷A huge shoutout to the incredible team that made this happen! #EmergencyMedicine

The first #CRAIC25 was a blast! Two days of airway mastery & stunning Connemara views. Thanks to our brilliant faculty & participants, and thanks to Irish Hospital Supplies and @dasairway for supporting. Join us next year? Check out galwayem.ie🤙🏻🌟⛰️

Registration is now OPEN for #25IAEM. Join us in the gibson hotel on 16 and 17 October to talk about #NextGenEM and hear from our fantastic lineup of international and Irish speakers. Registration: bit.ly/45LbVc1 More info: bit.ly/41PMMLR

We were delighted to host the @Galway_EM Resus Procedures Bootcamp yesterday. Over 50 doctors from Galway ED and Gaza @PalMedEuropee received Consultant delivered hands-on procedural training. Home-cooked Ultrasound Trainers and 3D Printed Task Trainers from @uniofgalway

"Of bats,burns and bruises!"@EMedSligo 's last Sim before changeover! As tradition dictates, the SpR's get to put their Consultants into a SIM of their design! EllaMurphy and BronaghMcmanus did not disappoint! @kakharris @GilmartinStevo @ainzmitchell @TrudyFalconer @bronataaffe

This morning we ran a Breaking Bad News workshop led by @heff_dr — a great session to practice communication skills and explore techniques for delivering difficult news. Thanks to all who took part, especially Siobhán from GP Liaison for her spectacular acting! @IrishEMtrainees

“EMAR-I has been a vital tool for both the assessment and buy-in of our colleagues… and a way to keep asking the honest but difficult question: Are we intubating, and are we intubating well?” @jimhealy9 , Airway Lead, Galway ED @IrishEMtrainees @AssocEmergMedIE @GalwayResus

Completed the simulation for critical care transfers at @EMedSligo with our anaesthetics collegues! 🚑 Systems testing sims for transfers designed by @kakharris went amazingly well! and we're one step closer to that perfect transfer💪 @SligoSim #TeamWorkMakesTheDreamWork

#May2025 Emergency clinician perceptions of end- of- life care in Irish emergency departments: a cross- sectional survey "Education and infrastructure are potentially modifiable barriers to the provision of EoLC in Irish EDs as shown in this study, but the findings are likely similar to international EDs. Targeted improvements are likely to improve not only the standard of care but also the confidence of clinicians providing this care." 1. Confidence Improves with Experience 🧠 Only 32% of clinicians with less than 5 years’ experience were comfortable discussing EoLC. 📈 In contrast, 80% of those with more than 10 years’ experience felt comfortable. 2. Communication Gaps Exist 💬 Less experienced clinicians struggle with addressing family questions and discussing spiritual beliefs. 🧑‍⚕️ Confidence in supporting decision-making increases significantly with years in emergency medicine. 3. Infrastructure is Inadequate 🏥 Only 11.6% of clinicians agreed the ED physical environment is conducive to good EoL care. 🚪 Just 23.5% agreed that suitable rooms are allocated for dying patients. 4. Limited Access to Training 📚 Only 20% of EM clinicians reported receiving formal training in EoL care. 📉 75% reported little to no knowledge in this area. 5. Debrief and Support Are Rare 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Only 32.2% agreed that routine debriefing and feedback occurred after a patient death. 💔 Emotional support services like pastoral care were often unavailable or unknown. 6. Strong Desire for Education 🎓 Clinicians expressed a clear need for further training in communication, symptom control, and advance care planning—regardless of experience or site size. Read here 📖 emj.bmj.com/content/42/5/292 #EMResearch #PalliativeCare #MedEd #EndofLife #EmergencyMedicine @RCollEM @ITERN_

Thank you to @EmergencyMedBMJ for featuring our article on this months podcast! with Dr Sarah Edwards @drsarahedwards and Rick Body @richardbody emj.bmj.com/content/42/5/289 A real team effort from @IrishEmTrainees around the country! #May2025 #Podcast #OutNow

Wilma's PRIME study held its first semi-structured consultant interview with Mr. B from GUH. We discussed access to critical procedures exposure for EM in the current climate. Learn more at itern.ie/?p=612.

Teaching Thursday's! Today's Trauma days! practical skills training, ultrasound revisions and sims! Thanks @GilmartinStevo @kakharris @ainzmitchell @TrudyFalconer for setting this day up! Oh! And that's Ellen! She's coming on board as CSTEM 1 to an ED near you soon! 😁🤩

Interdepartmental sim between ED and Paeds. Team training, vital for providing safer patient care and building positive relationships. 👏🏻 . @EMedSligo @kakharris @JeeMarcus @GeorginaKilcoy3 @NDTP_HSE @NurMidONMSD @HSE_West_NWest

Are you an EM trainee in Ireland…? Do you want to improve your wellbeing? Follow the link, only takes 90mins to get set up. Don’t miss out on the chance to learn life long skills to improve your wellbeing! forms.office.com/pages/respo…

Do you NO how to manage N20 toxicity?? Download our infographic for your ED or to spruce up your study notes! (link to website in shownotes) #FOAMed

Save the date! IEMTA annual scientific meeting will take place on Saturday May 10th in RCSI. More info on speakers and abstract submission to follow next week

Teaching Thursday's @EMedSligo ! Of sepsis and the lot! 😁