What place should chronic disease risk factors have in emergency decision-making? Simon Carley introduces his SMACC Gold presentation, using that question to explore how clinicians’ assumptions, interpretations and beliefs influence their assessment of patients in the emergency department and resuscitation room.
A 2014 announcement of Critical Care Horizons, an open-access journal developed by Rob Mac Sweeney and Andrew Ferguson. The founders set out their plans to combine peer review with the discussion and sharing associated with FOAMed, offering free publication and reading across the spectrum of critical care.
What are you actually trying to achieve in your career, and does your daily work move you towards it? This reflection applies Stephen Covey’s second habit to medicine, exploring personal and team mission statements, competing priorities and leadership guided by principles.
Iain Beardsell shares his SMACC Gold talk on chronic pain and the personal story behind it. His account follows the preparation, self-doubt and decision to include his family’s experience, showing how that experience shaped his desire to improve care for patients living with persistent pain.
What does it mean to rule a diagnosis in or out? In this 2014 podcast, Iain Beardsell and Simon Carley introduce sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic uncertainty, considering history and examination alongside laboratory tests and exploring how the consequences of testing and treatment shape decisions.
A 2014 journal club examines reports of eye injuries after the Boston Marathon bombing and the West, Texas explosion. It considers what these cases reveal about recognising ocular trauma, arranging specialist assessment and including ophthalmology capacity in major incident planning, while acknowledging the limitations of case-series evidence.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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