
The riddle of Resusci Annie, explaining functional neurology, and flying doctors: November 2025 Primary Survey
Published on Nov 5
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<p>Despite what the CPR doll might suggest, cardiac arrest patients are not always white, lean and male. So why is that the case for resuscitation training? The first paper in this episode addresses this lack of representation and the impact it has on resus performance. The next paper is a practice review of functional neurological disorder (FND), highlighting the poor diagnosis rate and history keeping for this condition, as well as offering ways to communicate with patients. There's also a paper on the dilemma of febrile infants with concurrent viral and bacterial infections, and another on aeromedical service sedation protocols in the Australian Outback.</p>
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<p>Read the highlights: <a href='https://emj.bmj.com/content/42/11/693'>November 2025 primary survey</a></p>
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<li><a href='https://emj.bmj.com/content/42/11/694'>We need to talk about Annie</a></li>
<li><a href='https://emj.bmj.com/content/42/11/696'>Diversity of CPR manikins for basic life support education: use of...