The Annual ILCOR Update – what’s new in adult life support
A summary of the annual consensus update from the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation looking particularly at ECPR, DSED, Drowning and prognostication
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JC: The TOP-ART study: Artesunate for bleeding trauma patients. St Emlyn’s
The TOP-ART trial of Artesunate in the treatment of bleeding trauma patients. This RCT shows no benefit and potential harm, but it may be more complex than that. Further work may be needed on immunomodulation in bleeding trauma patients. @stemlyns #FOAMed
Contrast Induced Nephropathy – sense at last. St Emlyn’s
New guidelines from @RCollEM and @RCRadiologists finally agree that contrast CT should not be delayed in the critically ill/injured #FOAMed
A refresher on blood transfusion in trauma
Transfusion in trauma has evolved at a rapid pace over the last decade and it can be hard to keep up with the latest evidence. I also find it useful to think about the story of how the science has developed to lead us to our current practice. The purpose of this post is to provide a narrative of how we have arrived at the contemporary approach to transfusion in trauma.
Training for HALO procedures. Part 1: Background and psychomotor skills. St Emlyn’s
This week I am delighted to be travelling to Florence to join the Third National Urgent and Emergency conference. I’ll be meeting old friends and hopefully making some new ones …
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JC: Fentanyl as an adjunct in RSI. Does it affect haemodynamic stability? St Emlyn’s
I’ve recently been spending a bit more time in the pre-hospital environment and it’s been interesting to compare practice there as compared to the emergency department. One theme has been …
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RCEM CPD Conference 2022 Day 2
Well hopefully you all had a lovely evening and possibly even managed to go for a run along the coast to celebrate having functioning livers! I got into the spirit …
SASEM: Cutting Edge Evidence-based Airway Management
I gave this talk at the SASEM (Saudi Arabian Society for Emergency Medicine) conference, 2022. In this talk, I discuss recent practice-changing evidence relating to emergency airway management. I cover endotracheal intubation in out of hospital cardiac arrest (including the AIRWAYS-2 trial), video vs. direct laryngoscopy tips to optimise your view on laryngoscopy and maximise first pass success, and I cover the use of surgical cricothyroidotomy by London Ambulance Service.