Category: Emergency Medicine
Deciding Who To Investigate For ACS: The Problem Of ‘Coronary Bridge’
It seems to me that many emergency physicians struggle to understand exactly how we’re supposed to be managing patients with suspected cardiac chest pain. The first, and arguably most important question, is about who we …
New NICE guidance on Investigation of DVT in the ED
Is Venous Thrombo Embolism the most controversial area of EM practice at the moment? I think it might be as there is rarely a meeting or conference where the subject is not discussed and debated. …
Tranexamic acid needs a make over
I was listening to the EMCRIT podcast today. As usual it was absolutely excellent, but on this occasion it was especially superb as Scott Weingart was joined by the wonderful Prof. Tim Coates from Leicester. …
ON POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS: a diet PEPSE served on ice
You are on a busy shift in ED when a young man in his twenties presents after having being triaged with a “personal problem” he would not disclose in triage. He has asked to see …
BestBets – Whole-body CT In trauma patients
This week Simon, Dan and Rick discuss a great BET from Hong Kong. Should we routinely CT our major trauma patients from vertex to symphysis?? We think so, but what’s the evidence. Giles and Scott …