The St Emlyn’s Emergency Medicine Archives is a comprehensive resource dedicated to advancing the field of emergency medicine through high-quality, evidence-based content. Our archives encompass a wide range of topics, including critical care, trauma management, resuscitation techniques, and emergency medical services (EMS). Each article is meticulously crafted by leading experts in the field, ensuring that healthcare professionals receive the most current and relevant information.
The St Emlyn’s blog is founded on four key pillars that guide its content and educational approach: evidence-based medicine, clinical excellence, personal development, and the philosophical overview of emergency care. Evidence-based medicine ensures that all information and guidelines provided are grounded in the latest and most rigorous scientific research, helping clinicians make informed decisions. Clinical excellence focuses on enhancing the practical skills and knowledge of healthcare professionals to deliver the highest standard of patient care. Personal development supports the growth and well-being of medical practitioners, recognizing that their mental and physical health is crucial to providing effective care. Lastly, the philosophical overview of emergency care encourages a reflective and holistic approach to medical practice, considering the ethical, cultural, and psychological aspects of emergency medicine. These pillars collectively contribute to a comprehensive and dynamic resource that benefits the global emergency medicine community.
Our archives feature detailed clinical guidelines, insightful case studies, and in-depth analyses of the latest medical research. Whether you are a physician, nurse, paramedic, or medical student, you will find valuable resources to enhance your clinical skills and knowledge. Key topics include advanced life support, pediatric emergency care, emergency ultrasound, and acute neurological emergencies.
In this episode, Iain and Simon catch up on the papers, posts, and conversations that have been sitting with us since the start of the year. RSI, Trauma Units. Code red and tough decisions.
Healthcare often responds to errors with more training ,but is that the problem? Explore why systems thinking, not modules, improves safety, culture, and performance.
Join the global emergency medicine community at ICEM 2026 in Hamburg. Explore the programme, St Emlyn’s speakers, and why IFEM still matters.
ICEM/IFEM 2026: Will we see you in Hamburg? Read More
In this episode, recorded at Trauma 2030 at the Royal College of Surgeons, I sit down with one of St Emlyn’s own, Rich Carden, former emergency physician, now intensive care trainee and PhD graduate in trauma sciences — to explore what shock actually means beyond the blood pressure reading.
Should you insert a chest drain before CT in trauma? A practical guide to managing pneumothorax, balancing risk, delay, and decision-making in the resus room. @stemlyns #FOAMed
TTL Tip 9: Chest Drain Before CT? Think, Decide, Communicate Read More
Emergency Department crowding is hard to explain to non-clinical audiences. A cognitive bridge is a three-step tool to help others understand.
Explaining Emergency Department Crowding Using a Cognitive Bridge Read More
Keep blood in the patient. Control haemorrhage early. Most external bleeding will have been addressed prehospital, but not all. Patients may self-present, deteriorate, or require reassessment as resuscitation progresses. Effective
TTL tips 8: External Haemorrhage control Read More
The study in this post was conducted in southern Gaza, where attacks continue. If you want to want to support medics in the region, consider donating to Doctors Worldwide. Last
