The word "Triage" comes from French roots, the origin word “trier" meaning "to sort".1 This is a process vital to emergency medicine. The idea was born on the battlefields by Baron Dominique Jean Larrey2, a chief surgeon in Napoleon's Imperial guard, because the number of casualties demand exceeded resources available.
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Emergency Department Management
Last week, at the RCEM Annual Scientific Conference, a document endorsed by all the big players in healthcare (in England at any rate) was released with a degree of fanfare. Those of us who work in Emergency Departments are only too aware of the challenges that are facing us and this report aimed to address some of these, with specific reference to the medical workforce.
Here at St Emlyn's we hold a number of the philosophies of St Emlyn himself central to our day-to-day practices.
It is the week of the annual scientific conference for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine again. As usual the St Emlyns team is in the thick of it and when someone mentioned clots I felt obliged to offer our services.
This week I am at the RCEM conference in Liverpool. It's a special time as we celebrate our 50th birthday, and it's also a time to get together with old and new friends to talk, learn, and laugh about EM.
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