This bonus episode is a quick-fire collection of clinical pearls drawn from across the St Emlyn’s podcast in 2025.
Short, practical, and deliberately focused, these are the moments that make you stop and think:
“That’s useful — I want that in my head.”
There’s minimal commentary and no deep dives. Each clip stands on its own as a clear takeaway, designed to be listened to in one go or dipped back into when needed.
In this episode
- Practical triage language that lowers thresholds and prompts earlier action
- Time-critical decision-making in pre-hospital thoracotomy
- Resuscitation physiology and why diastolic pressure matters
- Intraosseous access and the reality of long-term complications
- Analgesia strategies for rib fractures, including posterior injuries
- Hydrofluoric acid burns and why improvised treatment is a trap
- Recognising and acting on decompression illness
- Cognitive HALOs and preparing for rare, high-load decision moments
- Building excellence in teams, not just avoiding failure
- Compassionate resuscitation and the value of the pause
This episode is designed to be saved, revisited, and shared — the kind of learning that pays off later.
Featured episodes
Clips in this episode are taken from the following full St Emlyn’s episodes:
- Episode 257 — Ten Second Triage with Sean Brayford-Harris
- Episode 270 — Insights on Cannabis Edibles, Pre-Hospital Thoracotomy and more
- Episode 266 — Monthly Round Up (February 2025): Skills Fade and Resuscitation Targets
- Episode 260 — Monthly Round Up (December 2024): IO Access and Chest Trauma
- Episode 268 — Top Papers of 2024 from The Big Sick Conference
- Episode 275 — Targeted Resuscitation and Hydrofluoric Acid Burns
- Episode 263 — Hyperbaric Medicine with Jeff Kerrie
- Episode 277 — Cognitive HALOs and Advanced Simulation Training
- Episode 264 — High Performance Teams with Dan Dworkis
- Episode 258 — Compassionate Resuscitation with Matt Hooper
All full episodes are available in the podcast feed.
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