Little white lies in the resus room – St.Emlyn’s
Pre intubation communication in the resus room for major burns patients. Ethics communication and beliefs. Dilemmas in emergency medicine.
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Critical Care
Explore essential critical care topics, including sepsis, respiratory failure, haemodynamic support, and trauma resuscitation. Our evidence-based posts provide practical guidance on managing critically ill patients in emergency and acute care settings.
Cardiology Case 01
Here we go with what I hope will become a regular feature of the St. Emlyn’s blog – a cardiology case of the month. Â This is something I’ve been running
JC All I want for CRYSTMAS in ITU land…, are some more potatoes, and a drink!
A review of the CRYSTMAS study comparing starch vs. saline for severe sepsis patients.
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Aortic Dissection – The time bomb of doom
The dilemmas and difficulties of diagnosing Aortic Dissection in the emergency department. Differential diagnosis. Early investigation and management.
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JC: The end for potatoes on the ICU…?
Another Journal club, another fruity (or vegetable-y) discussion today. The recent large prospective RCT by the Scandinavian 6S trial group on HydroxyEthyl Starch vs Ringer’s acetate in severe sepsis was
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Acute Coronary Syndrome – Deciding Who To Investigate
Which patients with chest pain should we be investigating for acute coronary syndrome?
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Tranexamic acid needs a make over
Tranexamic acid and CRASH-2 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
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