CTR – Falling in love with the examiner at FCEM
How to approach the VIVA component of the FCEM exam
JC: Tranexamic Acid for Everyone? – St.Emlyn’s
A few months back there was a short twitter conversation between (if I remember rightly) @adamchesters, myself and @karimbrohi about the use tranexamic acid for patients in the prehospital setting. At that time the picture …
Please use less Ketamine – LAT Gel at St.Emlyn’s
Is this FOAM heresy I ask myself…, someone in the social media world suggesting that we should use LESS Special K. I’ve been reflecting recently on my use of ketamine in the emergency department. …
CTR – the link between structure and marking at FCEM
Part 3 on how to write a CTR for the FCEM exam. Linking how you write with the exam structure.
CTR – How to put it together for FCEM.
There’s a big bundle of CTRs (Clinical Topic Review) in my pigeon hole this morning, all freshly printed and pristine ready for marking at the next FCEM exam. I’ve not opened them yet, but since …
Little white lies in the resus room – St.Emlyn’s
Pre intubation communication in the resus room for major burns patients. Ethics communication and beliefs. Dilemmas in emergency medicine.
Emergency Medicine, a risky business part 2.
How to consider thresholds for labelling in the diagnostic process. Diagnosis does not guarantee treatment success or failure.
JC – Prasugrel vs Clopidogrel in ACS
Critical appraisal of NEJM paper on Clopidogrel vs Prasugrel for the treatment of non STEMI
CTR – Choosing a topic for the FCEM
Want to be a consultant? Well if you do you need to pass the FCEM (Fellowship of the College of Emergency Medicine) and that means that you are going to have to write a CTR …
Emergency Medicine, a risky business part 1. You are not a diagnostician.
Time to think about whether you are really an emergency medicine diagnostician… Are you a diagnostician? Of course you are! Why do I even need to ask? Well, to be honest I’m no longer very …