How do emergency clinicians hold on to hope while acknowledging the reality of a struggling system? Stevan Bruijns reflects on the Stockdale paradox, moral injury and the colleagues who help us endure, while keeping responsibility for working conditions with the organisation.
Struggling with vascular access in trauma? Practical tips on IO access, central lines, external jugular access and rapid alternatives for trauma resuscitation.
What does medical boarding cost patients and the wider emergency care system? Stevan Bruijns reviews regional data linking boarding with mortality, longer stays and ambulance delays, then explores the limitations of the evidence and the argument for action within acute trusts.
Map your confidence across the clinical domains of emergency medicine with an interactive radar chart based on the RCEM syllabus. This St Emlyn's tool supports reflection, revision and learning plans; it is neither an official RCEM product nor a formal assessment.
We’ve built a simple SLO self-assessment tool based on the 12 RCEM Specialty Learning Outcomes in the RCEM curriculum. Designed for trainees, consultants and educators in emergency medicine, this reflective tool helps clinicians visualise strengths, development needs and their overall training profile using an interactive radar chart. It's not an RCEM product but relates to the curriculum.
What does excellence in everyday emergency care look like? Drawing on his DFTB26 keynote in Glasgow, Simon Carley explores reliable practice, awareness of our own limitations and teams whose different strengths help them get the fundamentals right.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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