Stay up to date with the latest research in emergency and acute care. Our journal club posts critically appraise new studies, discuss their clinical relevance, and explore how evidence can inform practice.
It has been truly fascinating to look at the responses to the paper on use of the glidescope for trauma patients. The post looks at the paper from R Adams […]
JC: If the Video Laryngoscope was stroke thrombolysis……. St.Emlyn’s Read More
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ Although Britain and Ireland appear to be really rather fabulous at Rugby….thought I’d get that in there….., I do worry that we are falling behind the curve in terms
JC: Video Layngoscopy – Did Video kill the Laryngoscope star? Read More
Here at St. Emlyn’s we have been managing patients with pneumothoraces as out patients for many years. The approach in the UK has been ‘guided’ by the BritishThoracic Society guidelines.
JC: Should we use Heimlich Valves for ambulatory pneumothorax management? St. Emlyn’s Read More
Streamlining of prehospital stroke management: the golden hour. If you have been happily playing with #FOAM for the last year or two then you must have come across the many
JC: Time is brain…., calling #FOAMagitators. St.Emlyn’s Read More
wikimedia This is a roller coaster journey for me. Many years ago Virchester ED was one of the first hospitals to start using Magnesium for the treatment of acute severe
Does Magnesium work in asthma? St.Emlyn’s Read More
There has been much debate about the use of high sensitivity troponins in the ED over the last year, but the picture is getting clearer as we see more trials
JC: Cullen on high sensitivity Troponin. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Just a quick review of a thought provoking paper in the Annals of Emergency Medicine from a group of docs in Melbourne Australia. It’s thought provoking as I suspect that
JC: Is that IV really needed? Read More
I recently had a bit of fun at the Telford trauma conference talking about the top 10 papers of 2012 and in passing mentioned the #dogmalysis of ATLS shock categories
JC: Delta signs for shock trauma Read More
