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[Emergency Medicine Journal @EmergencyMedBMJ]

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🕺 Nightclub deaths in the UK – what can emergency clinicians learn?

A new study in the Emergency Medicine Journal examines nightclub-related deaths in the UK, highlighting an area that is rarely discussed in emergency medicine but highly relevant to clinicians working overnight shifts.

Around 6 Deaths a year occur in British Nightclubs!

Using media reports with coroner verification, the authors identified 89 deaths linked to 75 UK nightclubs between 2009 and 2024. The median age was just 22 years.

While nightclubs are generally viewed as safe social spaces, the study highlights several risks that may present to emergency services:

⚡ Drug and alcohol toxicity
💥 Trauma and violence
❤️ Sudden cardiac events
🧠 Head injuries and collapse in crowded environments

For emergency clinicians, these findings reinforce a few key points:

🔎 Young patients can deteriorate rapidly in environments involving alcohol, drugs and crowd density.

🚑 Prehospital and ED teams are often the first point of care for these cases.
📊 Better data collection is needed to understand patterns of nightlife-related harm and prevention strategies.

What makes this paper interesting is its novel methodology, combining media reports with coroner confirmation to build a national picture of an under-reported problem.

Nightlife medicine is not a recognised specialty—but perhaps it should be considered when thinking about urban emergency care and public health.

📄 Worth a read for anyone interested in emergency medicine, injury prevention and urban health.

https://t.co/BVO6HwVm5V

@RCollEM @richardbody @drsarahedwards @BBCNews @itvnews

#EmergencyMedicine #EMJ #PublicHealth #Trauma #EmergencyCare #NightlifeMedicine #FOAMed

[IrishHaemophiliaSoc @HaemophiliaIRL]

Under the 2015 Ambulance Directive, if you have a bleeding disorder you should instruct an ambulance to take you directly to a Haemophilia Treatment Centre, provided you are within 60 minutes of the centre.

Make sure to keep a copy of the ambulance directive on your phone.

[DinaMurphy @dinamm03]

Wild ,windy & wet !

[Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @DrGorfinkel]

FLU cases are SURGING EARLY this year
...hitting KIDS especially hard in ON, QC, AL & BC
& increasing WAIT TIMES in ERs

This MAY be a novel strain of H3N2 which is
😷More contagious
🏥Risks hospitalization

🚨 HOSPITALS SHOULD REINSTATE MASKING

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[DinaMurphy @dinamm03]

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[DinaMurphy @dinamm03]

Taoiseach, Tánaiste, No Special EU Treatment for Israel https://t.co/2WOOqyq7CS

[Joanne O’ Riordan @JoanneOR_Ox]

It’s been less than 48 hours since Israel made the Eurovision finals, and they’ve somehow managed to kill Palestinians at a faster rate. Still, the EBU stays silent. Let’s stop pretending. It’s about money. The main sponsor is Israeli. Just admit it and show your true colours.

[MacNean House & Restaurant @macneanhouse]

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[Irish Paediatric Emergency Medicine Association @IPEMASSOCIATION]

🚨 Exciting News! 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce that the IPEM25 Pre-Conference Nursing Trauma Skills Workshop has now secured funding—meaning FREE places for all registered nurses! 🎉

[DinaMurphy @dinamm03]

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[Dublin Fire Brigade @DubFireBrigade]

#StormÉowyn Our interactive map of Dublin incidents is now live.

Click the link below to view. https://t.co/L4680rpqK6

999/112 is the only way of contacting us in an emergency.

#StormEowyn

[DinaMurphy @dinamm03]

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[TheTaste.ie @Thetaste_ie]

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[Sryan Bruen Photography @sryanbruenphoto]

The Sugar Loaf with a snow cap lined up with Poolbeg Lighthouse from Dollymount Strand earlier this afternoon.

[TheJournal.ie @thejournal_ie]

Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of Lucy O’Brien (12) who is missing from her home in Stepaside, Co. Dublin since Friday, 20 Dec 2024.

Lucy was last seen at 5pm in Stepaside. She is approx 5'5, of slim build with red hair and brown eyes.

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