The FORCE study: St Emlyn’s
As someone who works across both PEM and adult EM it’s interesting to reflect on how the workload varies. These days my adult work is heavily skewed to complex majors […]
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Podcast – May 2022 Monthly Round Up
Our regular review of the best of the blog and podcast from May 2022. A quiet month on the blog as a result of COVID and a trip to Lithuania
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JC: Vitamin C and sepsis (again). St Emlyn’s
The story of vitamin C in sepsis is fascinating. There was a great deal of controversy around what became known as the Marik protocol (after Prof. Paul Marik). The protocol
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Differential prescribing of TXA by gender. St Emlyn’s
Tranexamic acid in trauma is a well-established standard of care in most mature trauma systems. The two major trials of TXA, CRASH 2 and 3 suggest a small but important
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Podcast – March/April 2022 Monthly Round Up
Our regular review of the blog and podcast from March/April 2022 with Simon and Iain. This month we saw the podcast pass over 1 Million downloads. Thanks to everyone out
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JC: AP or AL position for cardioversion? St Emlyn’s
Defibrillation is a core skill in emergency medicine. Traditionally we are taught that an anterior-lateral (AL) placement of pads is preferable, although an anterior-posterior (AP) position can be used if
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Podcast – February 2022 Monthly Round Up
We made it! A double century of podcasts. In this month’s update Iain and Simon talk through myth busting in resuscitation, Rick Body’s airway expertise (with a side mention for high sensitivity troponin),
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The RePHILL trial
This week we see the publication of the RePHILL trial. This is something we have been looking forward to for some time. A randomised controlled trial of the use of