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.
A review of a paper from the European Heart Journal looking at the prehospital use of troponin in patients with low risk chest pain.
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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 …
The EXIT study extrication consensus statements. St Emlyn’s Read More »
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 …
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 …
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 …
What is the Bezold-Jarisch Reflex and why do I care?! St Emlyn’s Read More »
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 …
Manchester Arena Bombing data now published in EMJ. St Emlyn’s Read More »
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 …
JC: Real world cricothyroidotomy experience. St Emlyn’s Read More »