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For those of us schooled through the Advanved Life Support courses I think we may be forgiven for thinking of Ventricular Fibrillation as a single condition. The treatment of VF […]
JC: Does wave form analysis improve outcome in VF arrest? St.Emlyn’s Read More
Here we go with another Cardiology Case at St. Emlyn’s. If you haven’t already, check out the other cases in this series: Cardiology case 01 Cardiology case 02: ST depression, no
Cardiology Case 04: An unusual ECG Read More
This post is about a paper we published today in Heart – the result of more than 9 years of work – phew! Here’s a link to the paper (open
The MACS Rule: Immediate ‘rule in’ and ‘rule out’ for suspected cardiac chest pain Read More
Look carefully at the ECG is your don’t want to miss a STEMI
Cardiology Case 03: Are you missing the STEMI? St. Emlyn’s Read More
Most people I talk to who work in Emergency or Acute Medicine hate chest pain. Personally I think they’re crazy but I can see where they’re coming from. Chest pain
JC. ACS: Antiplatelets ACCOAST-ed? Read More
Sometimes you just feel like a bit of a fool. Like today when I wrote the post below and then asked Dr May to have a look at it. Can
JC: There’s no jump with a precordial thump. St.Emlyn’s Read More
OK folks, the debates around PE & ACS investigation over the last few years have been fantastic. Not only have they challenged our reliance on protocols, the debates have also
JC: I’ll just ask Dr Google..for some PE/ACS investigation advice @ St.Emlyn’s Read More
Many thanks to the twitter FOAMites for alerting us to an online first paper in the NEJM on the use of therapeutic hypothermia post cardiac arrest. If you’ve followed St.Emlyn’s
JC: What’s the target temperature for OOHCA cooling. St.Emlyn’s Read More
