JC: Prehospital resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in non-traumatic out of hospital cardiac arrest: The REBOARREST Trial
A critical appraisal of a RCT comparing REBOA and standard ALS for OHCA
Prehospital Care
All of the St Emlyn’s Blog and Podcast content that relates to prehospital care (PHEM).
Survival effect of prehospital emergency anaesthesia in major trauma
A St.Emlyn’s review of a major new trauma study examining whether prehospital emergency anaesthesia and intubation improve survival using machine learning and causal inference methods.
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Access to physician-based HEMS in the UK: progress, patchwork or postcode lottery?
Physician-based HEMS provision in the UK has expanded significantly since 2009, but variation remains. This St Emlyn’s review examines access, funding models and whether a largely charity-led system can deliver national equity.
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JC: Prehospital Whole Blood in Traumatic Haemorrhage – The SWiFT Randomised Controlled Trial
A critical appraisal of a RCT comparing whole blood vs blood component transfusions for bleeding trauma patients
TBS 2026: Key Prehospital Emergency Medicine papers
A critical review of the most important prehospital emergency medicine papers from 2026, covering RSI, oxygen therapy, ECPR, thoracotomy and trauma access. From the TBS conference in Zermatt.
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Ep 285 – Resuscitative Hysterotomy with Caroline Leech at BASICs 2025
In this episode of the St Emlyn’s Podcast, Iain Beardsell and Simon Carley talk with Caroline Leech at the BASICs Conference about resuscitative hysterotomy following maternal cardiac arrest.
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Is post-induction hypotension harmful in traumatic brain injury?
How bad is hypotension in TBI? What’s the real world impact in a high quality PHEM service.
Rich Carden reviews a recent paper that helps us understand the impact. #FOAMed @stemlyns
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Podcast – Social Media and Artifical Intelligence in Medicine with Peter Brindley at LTC
Recorded at the London Trauma Conference 2024, Peter Brindley discusses social media, artifical intelligence (AI) and how those working in medicine can (and must) navigate this new world.
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