JC: Do we need scribes in the ED? St Emlyn’s
Editorial note: this blog is co-authored by Chris Gray and Katie Walker. Katie was lead author on the study. Chris Gray is well known to you as a St Emlyn’s author and editorial board member. …
New Year, New Tetanus Guideline. St Emlyn’s
With all the excitement over Christmas and New Year (we hope you all had a wonderful time by the way!), you might have missed a bit of a change in the guidelines on wound management …
St.Emlyn’s at #EuSEM18 – Day 4
The lecture theatres were somewhat quieter after a night of #FOAMaoke the previous evening, but despite our resident queen of the mic Nat May not being able to video-link in from down under, we had …
St.Emlyn’s at #EuSEM18 – Day 3
Nearly at the end of what has been a fun and exciting conference with lots to learn and take home into our own practice. We’ve described much of this on our blogs reviewing Day 1 …
St.Emlyn’s at #EuSEM18 – Day 2
It’s day 2 at #EuSEM18. Despite our best efforts the night before, the St.Emlyn’s team were up and on time for the morning of day 2. We had a great introduction to EuSEM on Sunday …
St.Emlyn’s at #EuSEM18 – Day 1
They said Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War was the biggest crossover event in history, then along came a joint conference between the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the European Society For Emergency Medicine. I think …
St.Emlyn’s takes a NAP. The NAP4 anaesthesia audit.
Thinking about a NAP after reading the title? If you’re an emergency clinician, you probably came to this post thinking one of two things: A nap? They sound pretty cool, I could use one of …
St.Emlyn’s goes further north – NEM Conference #NEMC18
It’s the second time I’ve been to the Northern Emergency Medicine conference, this year held in the sunny city of Durham. I say sunny… I needed my jacket. Last year’s programme was great and included …
Who gets a Tetanus? You get a Tetanus!
UPDATE – This post still contains relevant information about tetanus, immunisation schedules, and management of clinical tetanus, however the UK guidelines have changed. Please continue to read this post, but then check out this update for …
So, you’re about to become an ST3? Part 2 – Work/Life
It’s changeover week, so across the country trainees are moving up a grade in their career ladder. There are new doctors, just finished medical school. There are senior registrars becoming consultants. There are ST2s …