Are colloids more effective than crystalloids in reducing death in people who are critically ill or injured? Updated Perel P, Roberts I, Ker K Published Online: February 28, 2013 [tweet
JC The end of the road for colloids in sepsis??? St.Emlyn’s Read More
Emergency Medicine: A risky business part 5. Does a correct diagnosis mean that the therapy will work? In the previous post in this series around diagnostics we have looked at
There are a few blog posts that seem to stick in the mind more than others, and certainly ones that I direct colleagues back to on a regular basis. One
Perimortem C-section at St.Emlyn’s Read More
This case from Virchester is not one to read if you are of a nervous disposition. As always the case is hypothetical to illustrate the learning points (see note below
Case of the week: Oedipism at St.Emlyn’s Read More
After much anticipation the new surviving sepsis guidelines have been published in critical care medicine. There will no doubt be much conversation, debate and discussion about this in the coming
New Surviving Sepsis Guidelines – What’s new? St.Emlyn’s Read More
You get an email from Sister Astir…. ‘Hi Simon, You need to have a word with Dr Dawdling please. He hardly saw any patients yesterday and there was a massive
Can you get the doctors to work faster? Read More
Just a quick blog post today with a link out to a great #FOAMing pre-hospital paramedic. It was a delight to share thoughts on graded assertiveness
PACE with @HarrisCPD Read More
Dutch HEMS from wikipedia We all love helicopters, don’t we 🙂 We love the idea of swooping from the sky to save a patient at the moment of near death
JC: HEMS doesn’t work – at least not for the Dutch Read More
