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EM3 is a free open-access medical education service for people working in Emergency & Acute Care

We are responsible for the distribution of educational media for health care practitioners in Emergency Medicine (EM) across the East Midlands. Based at University Hospitals of Leicester, we also provide support for other hospitals within the region – including: Nottingham, Derby, Northampton, Lincoln, Chesterfield, Kettering and King's Mill. We also offer an Out Of Programme Experience (OOPE) in

Medical Education for Higher Trainees In Emergency Medicine. This includes funding for a Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Education.

25/07/2025

LIGHTNING LEARNING ⚡️🧠

This paediatric lightning learning takes you through the triggers and management of febrile convulsions. 🥵

Remember - most febrile convulsions are benign and are self-limiting; but red flag features necessitate further investigations and management. 🚩

23/07/2025

NEW TEACHING IN 10 ⚡️🧠

Rapid sequence intubation is a form of intubation used to rapidly secure the airway, minimising the time between loss of airway reflexes and tube placement. 🫁

This Teaching in Ten includes a simulated case scenario, allowing you apply key management principles in a practical context. 💡

18/07/2025

TEACHING IN 🔟

This Teaching in 10 series takes you through the different causes of acute sore throat - a common presentation to the emergency department, with the potential to cause rapid deterioration and airway compromise. 📉

Learn how to recognise red flag symptoms in patients, and how to manage common causes in this series. 👏

16/07/2025

Last week, our ED registrars hosted a pre-hospital emergency simulation session for University of Leicester medical students, and De Montford University paramedic science students. 🚑🚨

It was an amazing opportunity for the students to foster their team working skills; gaining experience and learning from each other as they navigated the clinical scenarios.

We want to say thank you to the efforts of all involved, giving and students an excellent inter-professional learning experience. 🙌

15/07/2025

Lightning Learning ⚡️

Patients are at risk of adrenal crisis after as little as 3 weeks of daily steroid use, if they are suddenly withdrawn. Without emergency steroid replacement, adrenal crisis is fatal. 🚨⚠️

Learn more about the other causes of adrenal crisis, how it presents and how to manage it in this Lightning Learning! 💡

You can access this resource, and other learning resources, via our website:

https://www.em3learn.com

10/07/2025

Our recent High Acuity Low Occurrence (HALO) Sim Day was developed to provide cross-specialty, interdisciplinary training, equipping staff from multiple departments with the skills needed to manage critically unwell patients in the Emergency Department. 🏥🚨

The training emphasized human factors and non-technical skills, ensuring effective teamwork, leadership, and decision-making under pressure across the multidisciplinary team (MDT) while maintaining high-level clinical management.

We were pleased to collaborate with colleagues from Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, with invaluable facilitation from experts across departments 🤝

The day was well received by both doctors and nurses, and we look forward to providing this essential training to more staff throughout the summer. ☀️📚

09/07/2025

Yesterday, EM3 hosted our ACCS Skills Day, facilitated by emergency department consultants, registrars and our UHL simulation lead. 📚🤓

Regional ACCS trainees attended the programme, covering a range of procedural skills required to meet the training programme learning requirements, including:

✔️ Chest drain insertions (open and Seldinger) 🫁
✔️ Splints, binders and tourniquet application 🦴
✔️ Pacing and bradycardia 🫀
✔️ DC and chemical cardioversion ⚡️
✔️ IO access 💉

Thank you to all attendees and facilitators who made the day an engaging learning opportunity for all involved! 🤗

04/07/2025

Talking Saves Lives - IMPROVING COMMUNICATION IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT 🗣️ 🙌

Our most recent blog, written by final year medical student and incoming FY1, Douglas Syed, looks at how human factors can affect patient safety and care.

From this, some key recommendations are suggested which you can make to improve patient outcomes:

✅ Use a recognised handover method, such as SBAR or ATMIST

✅ Use designated hand-over sheets to record handovers

✅ Designate Quiet Spaces’ to allow uninterrupted handovers

The full blog, and other similar blogs, can be accessed via our website (link in bio)!

03/07/2025

Yesterday, our ED registrars took part in two SpR-led toxicology simulations. ☢️☠️

The first patient had presented following ingestion of foxglove, a toxic plant from which digoxin is derived. They clinically deteriorated, and the team had to work together to ensure the correct reversal agents were administered. ✅

The second case was an acutely unwell patient with methaemoglobinaemia; the accumulation of non-oxygen-binding haemoglobin in the blood. 🩸

These simulations allowed trainees to navigate rarer clinical scenarios that may present to the emergency department, gaining valuable consultant insight and feedback. 😇

For further learning on these topics, we have produced a foxglove poisoning lightning learning and sim guide which are available on our website. We will also be releasing resources for learning on methaemoglobinaemia shortly! 👀🔜

26/06/2025

EM3 recently worked alongside our ED team, , , and to deliver an inter-professional wet decontamination exercise. ☢️

The exercise allowed us to identify key learning points from the immediate UHL response, as well as simulating multi-agency response arrangements for those in the fire, ambulance and police service. 🔥🚑👮‍♂️

Key learning points at a trust level were the importance of using METHANE acronym reports when major incidents are pre-alerted or arrive to Resus. ☎️ Additionally, the exercise allowed for reminders of decontamination protocol and effective inter-professional communication. 🗣️

Thank you to the local UHL team, fire service, police and ambulance service for joining us on this day. 🙌😇

20/06/2025

Patients present to the Emergency Department with a variety of neurological symptoms, and examination is required to help identify the diagnosis. 🧠

This Teaching in Ten walks you through the key points of a neurological examination, including interpretation of findings. ⚡️

A key diagnosis not to be missed is cauda equina syndrome (CES). This Teaching in Ten also covers key points of diagnosis, investigation and management. 📚

18/06/2025

Today, EM3 continued our work with the palliative care team in another consultant-led simulation session for ED staff. 🙌

The session focussed on complex communication skills and clinical scenarios; ranging from non-accidental injury in paediatric patients, to acute presentations in clinically frail patients. 🤔

One of the cases today involved a frail patient who had fallen onto a chest of drawers. They presented to the department with acute shortness of breath, and examination and x-ray findings confirmed a haemothorax. This gave trainees opportunity to practise chest drain insertion under direct consultant supervision. 🫁

A special thank you to the palliative care team for joining us for another session today! Keep a look out for future collaborations with other departments across UHL! 👀

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We serve the educational needs for health care practitioners in emergency medicine across the East Midlands. Based at University Hospitals of Leicester, we also provide support for other hospitals within the region – including: Nottingham, Derby, Northampton, Lincoln, Chesterfield, Kettering and King's Mill. We also offer an Out Of Programme Experience (OOPE) in Medical Education for Higher Trainees In Emergency Medicine. This includes funding for a Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Education.

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