S5E8: The Climate and Health Emergency

Welcome back to another episode of The Case.Report! This month we’re shaking things up a little as NCHDs Callum and Johnny work hard stabilising not just one patient, but an entire planetary ecosystem. Planet Earth has come to TCR resus in a critical condition and there’s no time to waste. With toxic levels of air pollution, rising global temperatures, escalating extreme weather events, threats to global food and water security, and a rapidly closing window to act - this is a health emergency beyond any doubt. Our adult in the room this month is the outstanding Professor Hugh Montgomery - Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at University College London, Consultant in Cardiology and General Internal Medicine, Co-chair of The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change. Listen now on ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ or wherever you get your podcasts, and as always check out our Bluesky⁠,  ⁠Instagram⁠,  ⁠Facebook⁠ and ⁠X⁠ to keep updated with all things TCR.

Welcome back to another episode of The Case.Report! This month Leah and Liam take on a case of nitrous oxide (N2O) toxicity at the TCR ED, a presentation which unfortunately seems to be on the rise both nationally and around the globe. Our adult in the room is Dr Deirdre McElwee, an EM Consultant based in Tullamore with discretionary training in toxicology completed at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. Who better to help us tackle our toxicology case?!Follow along with the show notes at thecase.report, and tune in on ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ or wherever you get your podcasts, and as always check out our Bluesky⁠,  ⁠Instagram⁠,  ⁠Facebook⁠ and ⁠X⁠ to keep updated with all things TCR.Right then, let's get to it!

Welcome to our first main episode of TCR for 2025 and we have got the ball rolling this February with three paediatric urological presentations to keep you refreshed on your PEM knowledge! We are thrilled to reintroduce Dr Emma Fauteux - CUH PEM lead, (see S2E9) to be our AITR this week who gives us some hot tips for each of the cases! Listen now on ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ or wherever you get your podcasts, and as always, be sure to follow along with the show notes at ⁠thecase.report⁠ and on socials Bluesky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠ and ⁠X⁠ to keep updated with all things TCR. Right then, let's get to it!

It's hard to believe we're almost a month into the New Year. But it's not too late for resolutions if the gym pass has only been used once - and this episode might encourage you to make one focused on your own wellbeing that doesn't involve weights (and will actually teach you how to do it)! Conor sat down with Dr Una Kennedy and Dr Pádraic Dunne to discuss the NEMTP EMWellbeing Project - which is now live for sign ups from all CSTEM / ASTEMs (with plans to make it available to all trainees in future). There will be a webinar next Wednesday the 5th of Feb, and we got a sneak preview of what the programme entails, and why there's something for each and every trainee within it. Right then, let's get to it! Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts, and as always, be sure to follow along with the show notes at thecase.report and on socials  Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook and X to keep updated with all things TCR.

Join us today for our first Sports Medicine Episode of season 5, where we’re bring our case to the streets of Dublin. Liam Loughrey and Carl Byrne join our very own Leah Flanagan who finds herself running a marathon (she doesn’t believe she could do one, but we believe in her here at TCR)! This month our adult in the room is Dr Stephen Gilmartin. He is an Emergency Medicine Consultant at Sligo University Hospital with a special interest in Sports & Exercise Medicine and minor injuries. With experience acting as the team doctor for professional rugby and inter-county GAA teams, who better to correct our homework?Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts, and as always, be sure to follow along on Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook and X to keep updated with all things TCR.

Joining us on our Parkinson’s Disease bonus episode this month, EM trainees Henrietta Sabbagha and Gideon-Phil Meyer speak to Conor O’Gara about their Parkinson’s disease Quality Improvement Projects they have supervised in Irish hospitals. We learn about their excellent audits to try and improve PD care in their emergency departments and pick up transferable tips for how to do so across the country.  We run through their projects, discuss the highs and the lows, and we take home some hot tips to take forward for our own QIP projects! Listen now on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and as always, be sure to follow along on Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook and X to keep updated with all things TCR. Right then, let’s get to it!

Welcome to November's main episode of TheCase.Report! In this episode we dive into all things Parkinson’s disease (PD). Our team keep their differentials broad as they work up and diligently manage a 78-year-old man presenting with an acute behavioural change on a background of Parkinson's Disease. We’re delighted to have Dr Barry Keane, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at St James’s Hospital join us this month as our Adult in the Room to review our work. This episode is bursting with clinical pearls as we discuss what to consider and what not to miss in Parkinson's Disease patients. As always, don’t forget to follow us on socials on ⁠⁠⁠instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠x⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠facebook ⁠⁠⁠to keep updated with all things TCR. Coffee in hand? Right then, let’s get to it!

Welcome back to TheCase.Report, it's our first episode of season 5! It's hard to believe that we're moving into the 5th year of TCR! All the way back in our first ever episode we had an infective case that was very topical at the time - covid - And so to kick things off for Season 5, we're looking at another highly infective case of viral haemorrhagic fever. Joining us on our case this month are our NCHDs Conor O’Gara, Leah Flanagan and Ralph Hurley O’Dwyer, who treat us to a comprehensive run through of the case. We were delighted to be joined by Dr Deirdre Morley and Dr Catherine Uhomoibhi for the second segment in the episode. They are working as co-leads on the development of the National High Level Isolation Unit (HLIU), and discuss the process of designing the HLIU as well as some Irish-led international simulation they've been leading in the Infective Diseases sphere. As always, don’t forget to follow us on socials on ⁠⁠instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠x and ⁠⁠facebook ⁠⁠to keep updated with all things TCR. Coffee in hand? Right then, let’s get to it!

Season 5 is just around the corner! We'll be kicking off the new season October 7th. Mark your calendars! In the meantime, Mohammed is off to Pakistan this week to PakTraumaCon 2024. Being the insufferable nerd that he is, he's not satisfied annoying his colleagues and new acquaintances only at the conference, but has also been after them for chats before even getting on the plane... Someone needs to stop him! Joining him on this bonus is Prof Junaid Abdul Razzak, also a speaker at PakTraumaCon this year. Prof Abdul Razzak is Vice Chair of Research at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, and is also the Director of the Centre of Excellence for Trauma and Emergencies at the Aga Khan University in Karachi. Right! Let's get to it.

Let's take a look (or a listen) back to last year's IEMTA ASM, and specifically the inaugural Fergal Hickey lecture, given by none other than Dr Fergal Hickey himself.