Category: Emergency Medicine
V & A in the ED – blood gases – St.Emlyn’s
“Why are you doing an Arterial Blood Gas on that patient?” I thought it was a decent enough question to put to one of our senior EM trainees in the resus room at StE’s. I, …
Where’s the fun in fungi? – St.Emlyn’s
It’s a bit of a standing joke here at St Emlyn’s that I resolutely live in the Yorkshire countryside, aiming for a self-sufficient existence, yet practice what is very much urban EM. As it is …
CTR – the link between structure and marking at FCEM
Part 3 on how to write a CTR for the FCEM exam. Linking how you write with the exam structure.
Burnout in the ED: Too tired to sleep, too wired to weep?
A personal account of the pressures of running a busy emergency department. A review of the literature about pressure in emergency medicine. #FOAM
CTR – How to put it together for FCEM.
There’s a big bundle of CTRs (Clinical Topic Review) in my pigeon hole this morning, all freshly printed and pristine ready for marking at the next FCEM exam. I’ve not opened them yet, but since …
Little white lies in the resus room – St.Emlyn’s
Pre intubation communication in the resus room for major burns patients. Ethics communication and beliefs. Dilemmas in emergency medicine.
Emergency Medicine, a risky business part 2.
How to consider thresholds for labelling in the diagnostic process. Diagnosis does not guarantee treatment success or failure.
JC – Prasugrel vs Clopidogrel in ACS
Critical appraisal of NEJM paper on Clopidogrel vs Prasugrel for the treatment of non STEMI
If it ain’t broke… Etomidate for paediatric sedation.
Critical appraisal and review of Etomidate as a drug for procedural sedation in the pediatric emergency department.
RITA is dead
RITA is dead….it’s all about the ARCP now…, and it’s much trickier, so trainees beware….!
