JC: Improving patient flow
Ed – it seems like everything is about Covid-19 at the moment and that’s understandable, but we should not forget other aspects of our work. Whilst patient flow may seem […]
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Evidence Based Medicine
Explore the principles of evidence-based medicine, including critical appraisal, clinical decision-making, and the latest research in emergency and acute care. Our posts help clinicians interpret evidence, apply it to practice, and improve patient outcomes with a scientific approach.
JC: Conservative management of pneumothoraces.
When I trained here in Virchester we had a fairly aggressive approach to the management of pneumothoraces. All trauma pneumothoraces got chest drains, a chest drain meant an open one,
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JC: D-K-hoorAy! New Paeds DKA guidelines
On Monday, the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes published interim guidelines on the management of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in our younger patients (under the age of 18). NICE
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JC: Long lines for USS guided peripheral IVs. St Emlyn's
The placing of peripheral IVs is arguably the most common procedure that we do in the ED. However, although common, it’s not always easy and on those occasions when it’s
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JC: Critical Care Reviews day 2. #CCR20. St Emlyn's
In addition to the presentation of the VITAMINS trial and the PEPTIC trial we also saw a number of other papers presented. These are listed below, but have not been
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JC: Critical care reviews meeting day 1 #CCR20. St Emlyn's
In addition to the breaking trials at the #CCR meetings a number of other important trials were presented that you should seek out and review. We’ve not done full critical
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JC: Journal club book for 2019-2020 published. #FOAMed
We’re delighted to publish the annual St Emlyn’s critical appraisal book this week. It’s a collection of our best critical appraisal blogs and covers over 30 papers that we have
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JC: Rocuronium or Suxamethoniun for RSI. St Emlyn's
We’re always a little cautious (scared) about entering any sort of emergency airway debate on social media as opinions are usually strongly held, and evidence is often of the lighter
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