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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 totally miserable with almost everything …
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 of course…) as it covered …
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 has returned to the UK …
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 will hopefully show you why. …
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… and waiting… and waiting for …
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 that we really think that …
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 date with new evidence. We are …
#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 whirlwind review of the major …
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 visiting my parents but I …
Lactate = LactHATE
Like many others who attended SMACC earlier this year I returned home dazed and confused about the significance of lactate in the septic patient. So like any good (aspiring to be) evidence-based medicine practitioner, …