JC: Can we rule out ACS by a single prehospital troponin measurement?
A review of a paper from the European Heart Journal looking at the prehospital use of troponin in patients with low risk chest pain.
Prehospital Care
January 2023 Podcast. St Emlyn’s
Listen to the latest St Emlyn’s podcast and learn more about dual sequence defibrillation, concussion and the #stemlynsWILD program. Don’t forget to subscribe.
The EXIT study extrication consensus statements. St Emlyn’s
As several of you may know already, I’ve been spending a lot more time in the pre-hospital environment in the last few years. Despite many years working in busy emergency …
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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 …
JC: The RePHILL trial. St Emlyn’s
This week we see the publication of the RePHILL trial. This is something we have been looking forward to for some time. A randomised controlled trial of the use of …
What is the Bezold-Jarisch Reflex and why do I care?! St Emlyn’s
Bradycardia in the trauma patient can be a perilous sign. One might observe a typical course of events in which a bleeding trauma patient progresses through the compensatory mechanisms in …
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Manchester Arena Bombing data now published in EMJ. St Emlyn’s
Next month we will mark the fourth anniversary of the Manchester Arena Bombing on the 22nd May. As you will remember Salman Ramadan Abedi detonated an improvised device in the …
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JC: Real world cricothyroidotomy experience. St Emlyn’s
Cricothyroidotomy is a procedure that worried many emergency physicians. Partly because it’s a rare procedure, but also because we are likely to embarking on it at a time when things …
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