I was absolutely delighted this week to attend the first day of the Retrieval 2014 conference in Glasgow. I first came across this conference in 2013 when I followed the […]
Paediatric sepsis: The first hour. PLUS St.Emlyn’s at #Retrieval2014 Read More
Coagulopathy is well known to be a significant issue in the ED. There is increasing awareness that the early awareness, detection and management of coagulation problems is important for ED
JC. ROTEM for ED coagulopathy detection. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Two papers on the prepublication list at the Resuscitation Journal. The first is open access (#FOAMed), and both are worth a read. There are some great resus pearls in here.
JC: Rapid update on the resus pearls of 2013. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Last week we saw the publication of the ProCESS study suggesting that protocolised treatment of sepsis makes little difference to outcome. A little earlier we heard that cooling to 33C
JC: What has an awesome NNT of 5.8 for severe sepsis? St.Emlyn’s Read More
Are you looking for the next big thing in resuscitation? Are you seeking the next miracle drug, technique, algorithm that will save your patient? Of course you are. You are
Marginal gains, Matt Parker, F1 and the ED. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Gosh, hardly a day goes by in the world of FOAMed without another tweet alerting me to the wonders of research. Today is no exception and despite being here at
JC: Is Early Goal Directed Therapy dead? St.Emlyn’s Read More
SMACC is not just about #FOAM, it’s also about #FOAMaoke. #FOAMaoke was invented by Natalie May as a way of releasing all that medical education energy that bubbles up from
The week’s Lancet has a great paper on the management of paracetamol overdose. A subject close to our heart at St.Emlyn’s following the recent changes to UK guidelines that have
JC: Should we halve the time of acetylcysteine infusions for Paracetamol OD? St.Emlyn’s Read More
