Happy New Year! This month for the January 2026 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast Andy and Dave discuss two papers with Dave - looking at the role of CT scanning in undifferentiated sepsis and the use of bicarbonate in acidaemia. Rob talks to Ben Clarke and Ryan McHenry about the latest TERN Study, the UnCORKED Study, and we then end with New Online! If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here. After listening, complete a short quiz to have your time accredited for CPD at the RCEMLearning website!

• Suspected infection of unclear origin at the emergency department: diagnostic yield of thoraco-abdominal-pelvic CT in non-severe patients (Dumon et al., 2025)

• Understanding corridor and escalation area care in 165 UK emergency departments: a multicentre cross-sectional snapshot study (TERN, 2025)
• TERN Research

• Sodium Bicarbonate for Severe Metabolic Acidemia and Acute Kidney Injury: The BICARICU-2 Randomized Clinical Trial (Jung et al., 2025)

• Frances Copp - The Droopy Dribbler
• Frances Balmer - Methaemoglobinaemia
• Sarah Edwards - Genitourinary Foreign Bodies

Merry Christmas! This month for the December 2025 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast Andy and Dave are talking about higher MAP targets in sepsis and the routine use of antibiotics for max-fax fractures. Rob attempts a festive round up of the most impactful guidelines of the year. We'll then end with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here. After listening, complete a short quiz to have your time accredited for CPD at the RCEMLearning website!

• Efficacy of targeting high mean arterial pressure for older patients with septic shock (OPTPRESS): a multicentre, pragmatic, open-label, randomised controlled trial (Endo et al., 2025)

• European Resucitation Guidelines - Guidelines on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ERC, 2025)
• NHS England - Urgent and emergency care plan 2025/26 (NHS England, 2025)
• NHS England - Guidance to support the commissioning and delivery of ambulance services in 2025/26(NHS England, 2025)
• NICE - NG246 Overweight and obesity management (NICE, 2025)
• NICE - NG253 - Suspected sepsis in people aged 16 or over: recognition, assessment and early management (NICE, 2025)
• NICE - NG254 - Suspected sepsis in under 16s: recognition, diagnosis and early management (NICE, 2025)
• NICE - NG255 - Suspected sepsis in pregnant or recently pregnant people: recognition, diagnosis and early management (NICE, 2025)
• RCPCH - Facing the Future - standards for children and young people in emergency care settings (RCPCH, 2025)
• RCEM - GPEMS(RCEM, 2025)

• Prophylactic antibiotic use in trauma patients with non-operative facial fractures: A prospective AAST multicenter trial (Mian et al., 2025)

• Is Normalisation of Deviance the "Standard" in Medicine? - Neel Bhandani
• Mental Illness in Children by Jidhin Davis
• Rest, sleep, and our breaks - the conversation we cant tire of - Amar Mashru

Happy September! This month for the September 2025 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast Andy and Dave are talking about AI interpretation of ECG findings and managing acute asthma exacerbations. We are then going back to Becky and Chris rounding off the second part of their guideline on atrial fibrillation. We'll then end with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here. After listening, complete a short quiz to have your time accredited for CPD at the RCEMLearning website!

• Accuracy of cath lab activation decisions for STEMI-equivalent and mimic ECGs: Physicians vs. AI (Queen of Hearts by PMcardio) (Shroyer et al., 2025)

• ESC - 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) (ESC, 2024)

• As-Needed Albuterol–Budesonide in Mild Asthma (LaForce et al., 2025)
• Combination fixed‐dose beta agonist and steroid inhaler as required for adults or children with mild asthma (Cochrane Library, 2021)

• Understanding Medical Cannabis: Mechanisms, Indications and Clinical Integration - David Tang
• Safe Sedation Procedures in Adults - Duncan Russell and Shobhan B Thakore
• Unusual Agitation in Final Year Student - Cathy Wield and Mark Horowitz