Podcast Round Up March 2019. St Emlyn’s
Here’s our regular monthly round up of the best of the blog from March 2019
Exam material
Hot topics for EM exams
Et tu, Brute? One mans battle with CESR. St Emlyn’s
Now a number of years ago now I took the decision to resign from my training programme. To cut a long story short I wasn’t happy. In fact I was …
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JC: Can I safely discharge dizzy patients from the ED?
Last month, I came across a clinical review published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine1 that got me really excited! It got me excited (in a geeky professional sense …
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Taking a travel history in the ED by StEmlyns
Clinical scenario: A young man returns from Thailand where he spent two weeks in rural areas backpacking, rafting, mountain climbing before he starts university back home in Scotland. He …
Sugar and Spice…Not All Things Nice
The use of synthetic cannabinoids is on the rise. They are dangerous, don’t fit a particular toxidrome, and can require emergent intervention. They are a nasty phenomenon and this article …
JC: The Quick-Wee Method for Faster Clean Catch Urine Collection
The wilful nature of children is responsible for a lot of the facial expressions we see in the paediatric emergency department but few parents are as frustrated as those waiting… …
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RCEM 2016 curriculum update. St.Emlyn’s
If you are a trainee or trainer in the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) then you should be familiar with the curriculum and the exam1. You will also know …
Critical Appraisal Nuggets – The St.Emlyn’s CAN Podcast
Critical Appraisal of the medical literature is a key part of the armamentarium of a good Emergency Physician, not just to pass tricky exams, but also to stay up to …
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#smaccMINI – Paediatric Resuscitation Update at #smaccDUB
ILCOR published resuscitation updates in 2015 and I’m sure many of you have already familiarised yourselves with the changes. At smaccMINI I took the paediatric critical care workshop delegates through a …
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Is Ketofol the milk of human kindness for procedural sedation. St.Emlyn’s
Another fine day in Virchester and another marvellous weekly Journal Club discussing Ketofol. I was unable to attend our traditional meeting (which ended a few minutes ago) as I was …
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