Category: Ambulatory Care
Thinking pragmatically about capacity
Editor: This is a guest post by Simon Horne. It is likely one of the last posts from Virchester before the festive season properly commences. Take care and stay safe. Happy holidays everyone! Three jobs, …
Med-Fi: Chest pain in 2050
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 been an anxious few hours. …
New NICE Guidelines on diagnosis and management of venous thromboembolism
In the midst of everything that is going on with COVID-19 it is easy to see how important non coronavirus stuff can get overlooked. But we still need to keep our eyes open. After a …
Level Pegging? JC and the PEGeD study @StEmlyns
It’s not often you see a mate as a lead author in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). When you do, it needs celebrating. Hats off to Associate Professor Kerstin de Wit (nee Hogg), …
JC: Pulmonary embolism, ambulatory care and the goddess of the hunt
This post covers a talk I was asked to give at the recent RCEM CPD conference in Belfast. A great event, and well hosted in spite of the LOC chair becoming indisposed by imminent fatherhood. …
St Emlyn’s in Review – October 2017
It’s great to be back podcasting again after what has been a busy few months, We’re sorry for the hiatus, but occasionally other stuff gets in the way! Here we review some of the amazing …
The new oral anticoagulants – the good news – or is it?
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 diagnosis and initial treatment …
JC Are we doing too many CTPAs? St.Emlyn’s
Well! I go away for 1 week to Devon to spend time with the family and to visit the holiday haunts of Agatha Christie and what do you know? JC descends into another discussion about …
The POP, the Chief, his risk assessment and her thromboprophylaxis
So, we’ve already talked about this. But changing times call for changing posts. And we want to know what you think… A 30 year old comes in 10 days after being put in an equinus …
