So, JC time again. Today, someone chose this paper from CCM regarding antibiotic monotherapy compared against an empirical combination strategy for treatment of severe sepsis. So hot off the press […]
JC: Blunderbuss antibiotics in sepsis?? Read More »
A new study in the BMJ this week suggests benefit from use of the new oral anticoagulants. This is of significance to those of us in UK emergency medicine involved in
The new oral anticoagulants – the good news – or is it? Read More »
Interesting article in the BMJ this week about the crisis in recruitment and staffing in UK emergency departments. You can read the text here. Written by an independent journalist it
A career in Emergency Medicine part 2 (b) Read More »
It seems like everyone is talking about the SMACC conference in Sydney next year, so it’s time that St.Emlyn’s joined the party. Next March (11-13th) SMACC represents a coming together
#FOAM and #FOAMed have certainly captured the zeitgeist of emergency medicine but is foam always a good thing? It’s a question that we should ask and it seems that there
The dangers of FOAM at St.Emlyn’s Read More »
Welcome back to the 4th part of the series looking at understanding risk and diagnosis in Emergency Medicine. In part 3 we looked at how tests with apparently high sensitivities
Emergency Medicine: A risky business Part 4 Read More »
A hypothetical case to illustrate a common problem in the ED. It’s reassuring to know that as the nights close in and winter approaches (ice on the car today) that
Feeling Blue at St.Emlyn’s Read More »
I was having a chat with one of my Cardiac anaesthetist chums the other day about ‘stuff’ and in particular some of the rather interesting work appearing in the literature
Getting Chilly Quickly at St.Emlyn’s Read More »
