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I was recently reviewing a number of documents relating to outcomes of training for one of my other jobs at St.Emlyn’s. There is a lot of interesting data out there […]
Taking FCEM – what are the odds on passing? St.Emlyn’s Read More
We’ve had some great recent posts at St. Emlyn’s on the use of ketamine and LAT gel for children undergoing procedures in the Emergency Department. In this post I’m going to discuss
Driving children to distraction: Techniques for the PED Read More
If you’ve read St.Emlyn’s before you will know that we adore any papers that challenge dogma and so it is that this week I came across this paper in the
JC: PROMMT Pre-hospital fluids for trauma – do they improve survival? Read More
While not fortunate enough to actually attend SMACC 2013, I was pleased to catch the much anticipated SimWars event, particularly as Team GB was one of the successful finalists. As
A Snake in the Grass at St.Emlyn’s Read More
If you haven’t seen recent UK media coverage of the review of the Liverpool Care Pathway I have to wonder where you’ve been. Nevertheless, I really don’t want to get
Road to… Nowhere? ED Implications of the Liverpool Care Pathway Review Read More
Thanks to the Intensive Care Network for publishing the audio from SMACC2013 on the Anarchy in the UK talk, and for the awesome picture above. This was designed to explain
SMACC 2013: Anarchy in the UK at St.Emlyn’s Read More
It was a privilige to meet Nicola Jakeman at the London EM trainee’s conference. She gave a great lecture on why it’s important for EM docs to understand Human Factors
Human Factors cases with @JakemanNicola. Read More
Super Furry Animals: really quite good music! In Virchester, it’s not uncommon for our Friday and Saturday night punters to arrive worse the wear for drink and/or drugs. Most EPs
Something for the weekend, Sir? Read More
