Ryan McHenry
ryanmchenry.bsky.social
Ryan McHenry
@ryanmchenry.bsky.social
Emergency, Pre-Hospital & Retrieval Medicine Registrar. Research Fellow in deprivation, isolation & emergency care. Often climbing, sometimes running.
Pre-hospital critical care and outcomes in head injury.

It may seem obvious that early interventions save lives/change outcomes, but relatively little evidence in this group.

A wee paper just out in the EMJ

Bottom line: Association between PHCC and reduced mortality.
July 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Just published at
@bjajournals.bsky.social

Geographic isolation, rurality and outcomes following critical illness.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 >50,000 first admissions to critical care
🪦 No significant mortality differences
🏥 24% fewer admissions for the most isolated

Full-text -
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lK031dCDy...
June 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Reposted by Ryan McHenry
WHO faces a 21% reduction from the original proposed budget for the 2026-27 biennium.

“If we think US$ 2.1 billion a year is ambitious—or $ 4.2 billion for the biennium—then either we must lower our ambitions for what WHO is and does, or we must raise the money.” - @drtedros.who.int

bit.ly/3ZrwCXZ
May 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Just out at Journal of the Intensive Care Society

Association between socioeconomic status and mortality from emergency admission to critical care in Scotland 2010-2011.

Grim findings, that come as little surprise. Most deprived significantly more likely to die, and to be readmitted.
May 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Finally in print at the European Journal of Emergency Medicine. Social support from the ED, and changes in healthcare use.

Full link in the graphic.

@eusem.bsky.social @mavscotland.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Reposted by Ryan McHenry
The next meeting of @ematthedeepend.bsky.social Friday 16th May 1.30pm on a theme of Alcohol and Drug-Related Harm in the ED

A great range of speakers, from clinical trials to the patient experience. If you or your team have work to share in this area, get in touch, one slot still available
April 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
South Sudan on the brink. Spoke with @telegraphnews.bsky.social recently about the tragedy and crisis of the everyday - open.spotify.com/episode/1FUI...

I cannot imagine the devastation of another war for its people.
The world’s youngest country fought for decades to govern itself. Now it’s on the cusp of another civil war | CNN
A peace deal ending a conflict that killed tens of thousands in South Sudan is in danger of collapsing, raising fears that the world’s youngest nation — and one of its poorest — could swiftly lapse ba...
edition.cnn.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Just published at the Air Medical Journal.

Clinical tasking in pre-hospital critical care, and suggestion of benefits in terms of tasking numbers and call times.

A little more evidence in a relatively sparse, important field.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1knZd,OI8R...
March 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Just published in @sjtrem.bsky.social - a short re-analysis of recent work on the efficacy of physician-staffed pre-hospital critical care.

Improved precision by pooling survival + mortality outcomes, and some reassurance against publication bias.
📊 New Data Reinforces Collaboration in Pre-Hospital Care!

@ryanmchenry.bsky.social with ScotStar’s EMRS re-analyzed data from our study (doi.org/10.1186/s130...), finding survival was 41% higher for pts Tx by MD-led interprofessional teams vs. paramedics alone — with min risk of publication bias.
March 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Reposted by Ryan McHenry
📊 New Data Reinforces Collaboration in Pre-Hospital Care!

@ryanmchenry.bsky.social with ScotStar’s EMRS re-analyzed data from our study (doi.org/10.1186/s130...), finding survival was 41% higher for pts Tx by MD-led interprofessional teams vs. paramedics alone — with min risk of publication bias.
March 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Looking forward to next week's @mavscotland.bsky.social conference - amongst a great lineup, we'll be talking about recent work evaluating Navigator in the ED, and how it matters to patients and a system in crisis.

Some last-minute tickets available www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/violence-p...
January 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Reposted by Ryan McHenry
We're pleased to share an invite to the next meeting of @ematthedeepend.bsky.social - focussing on refugee and migrant health in the ED. We have a great range of speakers lined up, with a diversity of experience across emergency care.

Invites out soon to our mailing list, or DM for a link
January 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Today's announcement from @msfsea.bsky.social is a stark reminder of the narrow and closing humanitarian space very close to home. Despite Europe's hope, we'll solve no problems by losing lives at sea.

Some words in the EMJ here emj.bmj.com/lookup/conte...
December 13, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Providing support for people who turn to emergency care in times of crisis feels like the right thing to do. But we still know little about how it impacts people and health systems.

A short 🧵 on a new paper with Prof. Christine Goodall in
European Journal of Emergency Medicine.
December 3, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Some words on providing emergency medical care to survivors in the Central Mediterranean, while countless more lives are lost at sea. With an incredible colleague, Sofie Karlsson, and @msf.bsky.social.

Online emj.bmj.com/content/earl... or free pdf here - emj.bmj.com/content/emer...
Search and rescue in the Central Mediterranean: the view from here
The authors are an Emergency Physician and a Midwife on board the Geo Barents, Médecins Sans Frontières’ search and rescue ship in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Médecins Sans Frontières depends on pr...
emj.bmj.com
November 24, 2024 at 5:20 PM