Unsurprisingly, the 'Surprise Question' in major trauma patients does not predict mortality reliably. The question had a PPV of only 30.5% but a high NPV of 95.1%. Its utility in identifying patients for palliative care remains limited - even in older adults! #EMS #majortrauma #PHEM

Si Robinson on clinical and ethical decision-making with families and children. Sharing his PhD findings with parents/guardians and children who have lived experiences of PH care. Essential work, giving the child a voice in research, allowing our clinicians to hear 1sthand their experiences.

Prof Will Broughton Buckinghamshire New University talked about the upcoming System-wide Paediatric Observation Tracking (SPOT), a large programme of work to improve the recognition and response to the deterioration of children or young people in any healthcare environment. One system used by all!

Chaired by Usman Khan (SECAmb Chair), Alyesha Proctor from UWE discusses her work in paediatric head injuries in the prehospital setting. Highlighting a wide variation of in-hospital clinical decision rules for paediatric head injuries and a need for a suitable PH CDR

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust Research and Development Department held its 4th Clinical Research Summit yesterday in Sussex.

The theme for yesterday's event was Prehospital Paediatric Care. 1/4