Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medicine part 3: Is Primum non nocere timeless or ridiculous?
If you haven’t been following this series, you can also find part 1 and part 2 on the blog. Part 3: Primum, non nocere When I was a green young […]
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Dystonia in the Emergency Department. St Emlyn’s
I’m sure we’ve all seen cases like this. A 25 year old lady walks in to the ED complaining of a swollen tongue. She can’t really talk, seems a bit
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JC: Duel of the Rules: Which decision rule for head injury in children?
Ladies and Gentlemen! The assessment and investigation of paediatric head injury is a case study in clinical risk management. Similar to chest pain in grown up medicine, it’s a frequent
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When Sick Means Sick: Emesemantics and Vomiting in Kids
When I was preparing for my talk at smaccGOLD I contacted the wonderful Ross Fisher, a Paediatric Surgeon, to ask him for some tips; what did he wish all ED
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SMACC Gold: All Social Media, No Science?
It seems the whole medical world has gone all woolly and fluffy since Broadbeach was hit for six by #smaccGOLD. Everyone’s been so nice to each other, you can almost
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JC: Paediatric Major Trauma Triage
There aren’t a lot of things in Emergency Medicine that are more important than managing paediatric major trauma. St. Emlyn’s in Virchester is a Paediatric Major Trauma Centre, and it’s
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Who’s That Girl? Impostor Syndrome at #SMACCGold
I want to let you into a secret. I’m an impostor. OK, that’s not quite true. I’m a 34-year-old (shock!) Emergency Medicine trainee with a penchant for karaoke and
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JC. ROTEM for ED coagulopathy detection. St.Emlyn’s
Coagulopathy is well known to be a significant issue in the ED. There is increasing awareness that the early awareness, detection and management of coagulation problems is important for ED
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