Musings form the evidence based journal club at St Emlyns
Research in cardiac arrest management has improved a lot in recent years. We are now seeing large randomised controlled trials looking at specific therapies in the management of these critically …
Summer hols and quiet times for many of us at present, so apologies for lack of posts. There is always stuff going on in the background however, and several of …
This week we have a nice paper that highlights some of the ongoing thoughts and controversies about the use of calcium in major haemorrhage protocols. Hopefully you’ve already read Iain’s …
More on Calcium and blood products in trauma. St Emlyn’s Read More »
As someone who works across both PEM and adult EM it’s interesting to reflect on how the workload varies. These days my adult work is heavily skewed to complex majors …
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes This paper is recently off the press and has already sparked both interest and debate here at Virchester and in the wider Emergency Medicine community. …
Just a quick review this week as this is a paper published back in December that has been superbly reviewed already over on the SGEM. However, it’s an interesting topic …
JC: Etomidate vs. Ketamine for emergency intubation. St Emlyn’s Read More »
Iain and Simon recap the highlights on the blog from December 2021. The best of the month plus a few reflections on the year and a look forward to 2022. …
A trial published in JAMA asks exactly this question, the full text can be found here. The abstract is below, but as we always say, please read the full paper …
JC: Should we use calcium in out of hospital cardiac arrest? St Emlyn’s Read More »
There is no doubt that sub-arachnoid haemorrhage is an important diagnosis in the emergency department. It is arguably especially important in the cohort of patients who present with lesser signs/symptoms …
JC: Are CT scanners getting more sensitive at detecting SAH? St Emlyn’s Read More »
This week we are reviewing a paper on the accuracy of pulse oximetry in patients being assessed for ECMO. This is an interesting group as they represent and extremely unwell …
JC: More on pulse oximetry and racial bias. St Emlyn’s Read More »