TBI: The Final Frontier…
Summer hols and quiet times for many of us at present, so apologies for lack of posts. There is always stuff going on in the background however, and several of …
Trauma
More on Calcium and blood products in trauma. St Emlyn’s
This week we have a nice paper that highlights some of the ongoing thoughts and controversies about the use of calcium in major haemorrhage protocols. Hopefully you’ve already read Iain’s …
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RCEM CPD Conference 2022 Day 3
Well, it’s the final day in Bournemouth for the attendees of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Spring CPD Conference of 2022. I’m still here up in the north, and …
RCEM CPD Conference 2022 Day 1
Well, isn’t this exciting! An actual real-life live conference with real-life people all together learning about hot topics in emergency medicine in real-life once again! This week sees the St …
Top Tips from Ten Years of Trauma Team Leadership
I was incredibly privileged to be asked to speak at the RCEM CPD conference today in Bournemouth. This blog post details some of what was discussed with links to all …
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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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Trauma in pregnancy: Core knowledge and key skills. St Emlyn’s
written by Anisa Jafar @EmergeMedGlobal and Anthony Joseph “Trauma standby: approximately 34 weeks pregnant female driver, 50 mph road traffic accident, air-bag deployed no obvious injuries, SpO2 99%, HR 95, …
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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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Can a prediction model improve major trauma triage? St Emlyn’s
Ed – Tom Shanahan (here in Virchester) recently published a paper on whether a Dutch prediction model is better at identifying major trauma patients than existing methods. The publication provoked …
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JC: Early plasma use in traumatic brain injury. St Emlyn’s
There seems to be a lot of really interesting papers on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) this year. A welcome relief from COVID 19 perhaps but also a reminder that other …
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