Supporting African emergency care development
Emma Gold, UK emergency medicine trainee and current clinical fellow for the African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM) reports from Cape Town, South Africa. Hello from Cape Town! Over the …
Leadership
JC: To batch or not to batch? Managing flow in the ED
This JC differs from our usual fare in that it does not focus on a clinical topic; it is not even published in a medical journal. It relates to urgent …
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Managing harm in the emergency department. St Emlyn’s
Over the years we have talked a lot about risk on the St Emlyn’s blog and podcast. We might even argue that we have a little expertise in the area. …
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#ICEM22 Melbourne – Day 3
The day opened with a sobering plenary about climate change. During the morning concurrent, I attended the Disaster session. Practitioners from around the world shared experiences and lessons from disaster …
Thinking pragmatically about capacity
Editor: This is a guest post by Simon Horne. It is likely one of the last posts from Virchester before the festive season properly commences. Take care and stay safe. …
Lead yourself (through the COVID-19 pandemic). St Emlyn’s with Joke Van kerkhoven
Ed – We are delighted to publish a guest post from a great friend of St Emlyn’s, Joke from Belgium. She is one of a number of superb Belgian emergency …
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Moral Injury during COVID-19. St Emlyn’s
Ed – We have previously covered the concept of moral injury on the blog and podcast, largely in respect to the experience of managing patients with traumatic injury. In 2020 …
Look at what they make you give
Ed – We received this post just as the extent of the Coronavirus pandemic was becoming clear and thought it best to delay publishing until life in our Emergency Departments …
JC: Improving patient flow. St Emlyn’s
Ed – it seems like everything is about Covid-19 at the moment and that’s understandable, but we should not forget other aspects of our work. Whilst patient flow may seem …
Covid-19 Podcast from Italy with Roberto Cosentini. St Emlyn’s
Dr Roberto Cosentini is an old friend of St Emlyn’s who works in Bergamo, in Northern Italy. He is right at the heart of the recent Covid-19 outbreak. He kindly …
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