Paradoxically hypothermia has been a ‘hot’ topic in emergency medicine and critical care for many years. There is good laboratory, animal and pathophysiological data to suggest that it should be […]
JC: Hypothermia in brain injury: The POLAR trial. St Emlyn’s. Read More »
That your “drunk” patient with presumed alcohol intoxication is not simply drunk but in fact has a different, potentially life-threatening cause for their reduced conscious level is a lesson best
This is another guest blog from our friend and colleague Andy Volans, Consutlant in Emergency Medicine. We’ve all been subjected to the challenge of the “Expert Patient”. Our GP
How to manage your boss (the expert patient in the ED). St.Emlyn’s Read More »
The management of stroke is one of those topics that attracts a great deal of controversy in the #FOAMed world, and with good reason. The questions around the use of
JC: Platelets for Intracranial Haemorrhage. St.Emlyn’s Read More »
‘Why did you give Mannitol?’ asked the Registrar. ‘Hypertonic saline was the standard of care for head injury at St.Elsewhere and I was told it reduced mortality’. OK, so that’s
JC: Salt or Sugar? Hypertonic saline for head injury at St.Emlyn’s. Read More »
Today, to much excitement, we saw the release of the NICE major trauma guidance. Nat did an excellent review of the draft guidance, which you can read here. We now
Robocop gets the NICE 2016 major trauma treatment. St.Emlyn’s Read More »
October has been a stellar month for publication of critical care trials in high impact journals. SPLIT, HEAT and FELLOW have already been FOAMed all over, but that left me
JC: EuroTHERM or EuroBURNED. St.Emlyn’s Read More »
Neurocritical care debate, discussion and overall goodness this month, in the form of a conference. This time at least it’s local and the St Emlyns team are off to Manchester
Neurocritical care in Manchester NASGBI and St.Emlyn’s Read More »
