2016 Review. St.Emlyn’s
It’s been an interesting year. Social media is awash with all the awful things that have happened, the people we have lost, the success or failure of democracy (depending on […]
2016 Review. St.Emlyn’s Read More »
It’s been an interesting year. Social media is awash with all the awful things that have happened, the people we have lost, the success or failure of democracy (depending on […]
2016 Review. St.Emlyn’s Read More »
It’s 3am on the back end of one of those horrible casino shifts in the Paediatric Emergency Medicine Department. Triage says there’s a mum in the cubicle with a 4
I think my child has a hernia: St.Emlyn’s. Read More »
In recent years there have been great efforts amongst researchers in improving the diagnosis of appendicitis in the ED. A range of clinical risk scores, biomarkers and imaging techniques have
JC: Does every appendicitis need admission? St.Emlyn’s Read More »
Every so often, a paper comes along that contradicts your gut feeling and/or current practice and makes you really think hard. That happened to me this weekend. You may have
JC: Clots in Pots gets Top Spot. Thromboprophylaxis at St.Emlyn’s Read More »
I expect that some people will be offended by the image above. That’s the point though, images, attitudes, initial impressions are powerful drivers of how we feel and behave. What
JC: The Impact of Rudeness on Medical Team Performance Read More »
123We are in a new age of anticoagulation, Warfarin is becoming a drug of the past. To the benefit of our patients we are no longer dragging them into hospital
JC: Reversal of DOACs with Andexanet Alfa. St.Emlyn’s Read More »
Altruism: this is why we are here. The concern for the welfare for others: this is why we are here. The belief that we can and will be better,
Will Northern Ireland get the PHEM service that Dr John Hinds knew it needed? Read More »
This blog post explains the background to my talk in Dublin at the SMACC conference. This talk, entitled ‘Things that scare me’ is a waypoint on a journey that
Things that scare me: Ross Fisher at #smaccDUB and St.Emlyn’s Read More »