Anyone who reads the news is likely to have seen the recent paper in Circulation evaluating a new biomarker of acute coronary syndromes: cardiac myosin binding protein C (cMyC) . This paper has been covered by the BBC, the Telegraph and the Daily Mail among others.
Mass Casualty Incidents: What can we (re)learn?
DETO2X-SWEDEHEART sounds like a new low-carb, high-alkali, So-Cal diet plan but it is actually a trial exploring the affect of oxygen on mortality in patients with a suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS). There is a striking similarity tenuous link between fad diet plans and oxygen in myocardial infarction: I think they are both unnecessary to prolong life but I don't have the concrete evidence to disprove it.
Emergency Department Management
Ed - what if EM was your passion, but you also had a chronic disease that made it even more of a struggle? How would you cope, what would you do, and how could others help?
Emergency Department Management
Recent attacks in Manchester, London and around the world have heightened our awareness of the possibility of a major incident being declared at any time of day or night. As emergency physicians (and all specialities really) we need to think hard about how we prepare and organise ourselves for how we might respond.
My name is Katherine Gridley and as a Brisbane local and emergency registrar with a paeds interest, I jumped at the chance to talk about one of the latest events on the medical conference calendar, held in my own home town!
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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