Emergency Department Management
Rusty Carroll reflects on the eighteen months after completing therapy for PTSD. In this personal account, he describes returning to clinical work, rebuilding physical wellbeing and reconsidering professional identity, showing how recovery continued through everyday choices and a different relationship with work.
Conference ReportsCritical Care
Clare Richmond discusses continuing development in prehospital and resuscitation practice in this presentation recorded at St Emlyn’s Live 2018. The accompanying introduction describes her focus on principles, training and practice, with a recording for clinicians interested in developing themselves and their colleagues.
The St Emlyn’s team looks back on 2018 through changes in clinical practice, memorable research, books, blogs and podcasts. Alongside personal highlights and experiences, contributors share what they learned and the people and ideas they were watching as 2019 began.
Revisit the November 2018 St Emlyn’s podcast roundup and its accompanying reading list. Linked posts explore cognitive load, learning in the social age, a medical elective in South Africa and cardiac arrest care, with further reflections from the FemInEM Ideas Exchange.
Emergency Department Management
Natalie May concludes her reflections on the 2018 FemInEM Ideas Exchange with talks about burnout, parenthood and the systems surrounding clinical work. The report also explores research in Tanzania, health advocacy, equity and the challenge of misinformation about women’s health.
Conference ReportsCritical Care
What makes a clinical handover work when a critically ill patient arrives? Drawing on a 2018 Intensive Care Society presentation, this post explores preparation, team attention, structured communication and follow-up. It offers adaptable principles for sharing essential information while recognising that urgent treatment sometimes takes priority.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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