The Olympics and the ED physician
It’s a great week to be British. Bradley Wiggins wins the tour and we are just a few short days away from the greatest show on Earth – the Olympics …
NICE faces the sickle
New guidance out on sickle disease from NICE in the BMJ I must admit to having a bit of an interest in sickle cell disease and the ED. There are …
Giving bad feedback or giving feedback badly?
The problems of giving feedback in the ED. How to handle clinical error in the emergency department.
Should POPs be mixed with Heparin?
We published an interesting BET in the EMJ earlier (open access version here) this year about the use of low molecular weight heparin for patients placed in below knee POPs …
New NICE guidance on Investigation of DVT in the ED
Is Venous Thrombo Embolism the most controversial area of EM practice at the moment? I think it might be as there is rarely a meeting or conference where the subject …
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EM as a career? Yeah, but no……
I have too many jobs! Amongst other tasks I manage the foundation program for junior docs at my large university teaching hospital. I’m effectively responsible for getting them through …
Tranexamic acid needs a make over
I was listening to the EMCRIT podcast today. As usual it was absolutely excellent, but on this occasion it was especially superb as Scott Weingart was joined by the wonderful …
The Critical Appraisal FCEM exam
If you are planning on being an emergency physician in the UK then you will probably be thinking about trying to get through the FCEM exam. At the current time …
Rabies management in the ED.
Interesting article in the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps on the management of Rabies. Now, we don’t get a lot of Rabies in Virchester, but the weather is …
ON POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS: a diet PEPSE served on ice
You are on a busy shift in ED when a young man in his twenties presents after having being triaged with a “personal problem” he would not disclose in triage. …
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