In the July 2024 JRCALC Clinical update, there are two completely new guidelines: Clinical Considerations in Relation to Diversity and Equality and Conditions Requiring Specific Prehospital Clinical Management. In the Trauma section, abdominal, pelvic and thoracic trauma have been fully reviewed and updated.
Overview
Simon Brown, JRCALC editorial guideline lead and Assistant Medical Director at South Central Ambulance Service, provides an overview below. Key updates include:
- Head injury
- Tranexamic acid (TXA)
- Electrical injuries
- Metoclopramide
- Sodium Chloride
Clinical Considerations in Relation to Diversity and Equality
This is a new guideline which sits in the General section of the JRCALC clinical guidance on the JRCALC Plus app.
Simon Stockley, GP who represents The Royal College of General Practitioners on the JRCALC committee, chaired the guideline group that developed this new guideline. Watch his video to find out more.
Conditions Requiring Specific Prehospital Clinical Management
This is a new guideline which sits in the General section of the JRCALC clinical guidance on the JRCALC Plus app.
Kate Humphries, Critical Care Practitioner at the Emergency Medical, Retrieval and Transfer Service (EMRTS), Wales Air Ambulance, supported the development of this new guideline. Watch her video to find out more.
Trauma
Abdominal Trauma, Pelvic Trauma and Thoracic Trauma have been fully reviewed and updated and sits within the Trauma section of the JRCALC clinical guidance on the JRCALC Plus app.
Dhushy Surendra Kumar, Consultant in Critical Care and Prehospital Care, who represents The Royal College of Anaesthetists on the JRCALC committee, led the latest review and update. Watch his video to find out more.
To find out more about previous updates, visit our JRCALC Clinical Updates YouTube playlist here.
