Ultrasound education meets musical parody in Natalie May’s ‘Probe’, created for SonoWars at SMACC Dublin in 2016. This short introduction celebrates the FOAMus community and the educators whose freely shared videos helped inspire an affectionate tribute to point-of-care ultrasound.
This 2016 companion to the upper gastrointestinal bleeding podcast covers recognition, resuscitation, transfusion, risk assessment and referral for endoscopy. It also discusses variceal bleeding and rescue measures, reflecting the guidance and unresolved research questions available at the time.
Could cold saline given during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest improve survival? This 2016 appraisal of RINSE examines an early-stopped randomised trial, its lack of demonstrated survival benefit and concerns about harm, while distinguishing intra-arrest cooling from temperature management after resuscitation.
Can a single very low high-sensitivity troponin T result, combined with a non-ischaemic ECG, rule out myocardial infarction? Rick Body discusses a 2016 TRAPID-AMI analysis, its promising diagnostic performance and why excluding infarction does not automatically make discharge appropriate.
An archived guide to RCEM curriculum changes discussed in 2016, including leadership, non-technical skills, complex older patients and chronic disease. The post also explains how St Emlyn’s resources were mapped to curriculum topics to support teaching and examination preparation.
What forces might reshape emergency medicine over the next two decades? This companion to Simon Carley’s 2016 SMACC Dublin presentation introduces three linked discussions of demographics, technology and politics, inviting readers to look beyond today’s clinical workload to the specialty’s future.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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