Torticollis: A Real Pain in the Neck
By the time you’ve worked in the Emergency Department for more than a week it’s highly likely you’ll have seen a patient who has a bit of a sore neck […]
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Anaesthetics
Explore key topics in anaesthesia, including airway management, sedation, analgesia, and perioperative care. Our evidence-based posts provide practical guidance for emergency and critical care clinicians, focusing on safe and effective anaesthetic techniques, troubleshooting challenges, and optimising patient outcomes.
JC: K is Good For You – Subdissociative Ketamine vs Morphine in the ED
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of ketamine and its clinical applications. So when I spotted this paper in my daily PubMed notification email (see here for tips from
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JC: ED RSI – you can do it. St.Emlyn’s
If you follow my twitter feed, or the feed of the @stemlyns team then you will know that we are advocates of ED RSI. Our patients often present unexpectedly, in
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Pain and Suffering in the ED – the talk and the inside story
The Talk The Audio The Inside Story It was in July 2013 when I first received an email from Chris Nickson at SMACC headquarters asking if I was going to
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When pain relief is not enough in the Emergency Department. St.Emlyn’s
Treating pain in the Emergency Department is a skill, and a really important one. Although we’d like to think otherwise, saving lives actually accounts for only a very small part of what
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JC: ED physicians are not Propofol Assassins – St.Emlyn’s
If you’ve never listened to the rant by Cliff Reid on Propofol then you should do so now. It’s a great description of why propofol is a rather ‘courageous’ agent
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Driving children to distraction: Techniques for the PED
We’ve had some great recent posts at St. Emlyn’s on the use of ketamine and LAT gel for children undergoing procedures in the Emergency Department. In this post I’m going to discuss
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Intranasal Ketamine: Mum “Nose” Best at St Emlyn’s
St Emlyn’s in Virchester is a place full of talent, only a small cross-section of which is showcased here. Now and then, the opportunity to highlight the work of
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