#RCEM15: LIVE
It’s finally here! The Annual Scientific Conference of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine #RCEM15 is starting in Manchester. Thanks to the awesome staff at RCEM and the terrific AV […]
VTE masterclass with Dan Horner at #RCEM15
You don’t need me to tell you that VTE is a huge problem. 10 million cases worldwide, a cost to the NHS of £466,000,000 and half a million European deaths
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#RCEM15. St.Emlyn’s preview
There are just a few days to go until the first (yes the very first) Royal College of Emergency Medicine conference right here at the home of St.Emlyns in Virchester
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Podcast – Intro to EM: How to Refer a Patient
In the fast-paced environment of the emergency department (ED), effective communication is paramount, especially when referring patients to inpatient teams.
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JC: Self extrication vs. assisted extrication. St.Emlyn’s
The last 2 years have seen the agreed wisdom of spinal immobilisation challenged. We have seen a paradigm shift in our attitude towards the use of cervical collar with some
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Communicating terrible news: Can we do it better?
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
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Get the Best from Your Rest – Sleep Hygiene at St Emlyn’s
Sleep is absolutely one of my favourite things in the world. It can also be one of the most elusive. Almost all ED docs, by necessity, work some sort of
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Lactate = LactHATE
Like many others who attended SMACC earlier this year I returned home dazed and confused about the significance of lactate in the septic patient. Â So like any good (aspiring