All of the St Emlyn’s Blog and Podcast content that relates to the philosophy of emergency medicine
UK Emergency medicine was arguably founded by a group of emergency physicians on the 12th October 1967 (this, amazingly, also happens to be Cliff Reid’s birthday). The first president was […]
UK Emergency Medicine’s midlife crisis. St.Emlyn’s. #RCEMCPD16 Read More
An earlier version of this article was published around the time of the Teaching Course in New York last year. This week I’m talking at the RCEM conference in Leeds
The pursuit of mastery through deliberate practice. St.Emlyn’s. #RCEMCPD16 Read More
Bandwidth as a cognitive load in the emergency department. St.Emlyn’s. Meta-cognition.
Cliffhangers in the ED. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Risk proximity is an important concept. In simple terms it just describes the time from an event happening and the risk potentially occuring. It’s not something that we often think
Emergency medicine, a risky business part 7: Risk proximity Read More
DISCLAIMER: the below tips are based on no evidence whatsoever but are some pearls I have picked up during my relatively short career in emergency medicine. I however hope you will enjoy the
Tips on how to look after your OWN mental health Read More
The St. Emlyn’s team has, in recent years, become a regular sight at the EuSEM congress meetings and this year was certainly no exception. We attended this year’s conference, which
A summary of EuSEM 2015 and what you have missed! Read More
Making good decisions in the emergency department.
Making good decisions in the ED. #RCEM15 #EuSEM15 Read More
It’s every health professional’s most dreaded task to have to communicate difficult news to desperate patients, friends and relatives; particularly when someone has died. Think about this clinical case
Communicating terrible news: Can we do it better? Read More
