JC: Can we rule out ACS by a single prehospital troponin measurement?
A review of a paper from the European Heart Journal looking at the prehospital use of troponin in patients with low risk chest pain.
Acute Coronary Syndromes
A review of a paper from the European Heart Journal looking at the prehospital use of troponin in patients with low risk chest pain.
the use of Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) has been considered by many resuscitationists as the next logical step in the management of cardiac arrest. But is it?…
Computed Coronary Angiography (CTCA) has been advocated as a useful adjunct in the investigation of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in the ED. Although we’ve made huge progress in the diagnosis …
JC: CTCA for cardiac chest pain in the ED. St Emlyn’s Read More »
Read. more about our Med-Fi series here and see our future based content here. Fiona was relieved to have got the all clear for her heart health – it had …
When we saw in the last decade, I’d just finished my PhD looking to discover the ‘new troponin’. At the time, patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS) were routinely …
Suspected cardiac chest pain: everyone sees it, everyone has a different clinical pathway, and everyone has a different risk score for it. This week the Emergency Medicine Journal published our …
Risk scores for cardiac chest pain: the first head-to-head comparison! Read More »
This month I was lucky enough to be invited to speak in Slovenia at the European Resus Council meeting. It was a super place to visit and a wonderful conference. …
European Resuscitation Council meeting: Slovenia 2019. St Emlyn’s Read More »
This week the St Emlyn’s team is in Gateshead for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s annual scientific conference. This year I’ve been tasked with putting together the top 10 …
JC: Top 10 papers 2018-2019 for #RCEM Annual Scientific Conference. St Emlyn’s Read More »