The open door of the emergency department is both a blessing and curse. As emergency physicians we pride ourselves on the ability to see, assess, diagnose and (initially at least) […]
The BIG questions in EM. Part 1 – Demographics. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Excitement builds in anticipation of the conference of the year. Today we are setting up the workshops ready for tomorrow, but there was still time for a 5k run in
SmaccDUB preview post SmaccRUN with St.Emlyn’s Read More
The SmaccDUB conference is upon us. The worlds of social media, critical care, prehospital care and emergency medicine are descending on the emerald isle’s capital for four days of intensive
Gambling with the evidence workshop resouces. SmaccDUB Read More
With just one week to go before the much anticipated SMACC conference in Dublin the St.Emlyn’s team are prepping, packing and pontificating through our final presentations and plans for what
Are you as good as you think you are? St.Emlyn’s at SMACC Read More
I’ll keep this post brief. This is not a critical appraisal and it’s not a review. It’s an invite to read a paper I was honoured to help write on
JC: Impact Brain Apnoea. 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
This blog is based on a talk I’m giving on #FOAMed this week at the International Conference of Emergency Medicine in Cape Town. I’m really delighted to be given the
How to integrate #FOAMed into #MedEd Read More
