The Art of War
Emergency medicine in the UK is frequently cited by the British media as being like a warzone, and with that in mind I delved back into one my favourite books. […]
Sepsis 2015: EGDT without the “G”?
Sepsis has been a big topic of research over the years (understatement), and the last 18 months have seen the publication of data that has made us, once again,
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Good times part 1: DIDO-30 for STEMI
STEMI is one of the true medical emergencies. We all know that the sooner our patient gets revascularisation, the better they do. We’ve known this for years. In a very
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Guess or Gestalt in Major Trauma at St.Emlyn’s
I was recently fortunate enough to speak at the the Emergency Medicine Educators Conference in Coventry on a subject that continues to interest me, that of gestalt, judgement and clinical
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The SWEETest Sim – Real People, High Fidelity at #SWEETs15
In March 2015 I invited myself to the Swedish Emergency Medicine conference SWEETs in Stockholm. It was a huge privilege to learn about EM in Sweden and to work
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Trials and Tribulations: Ross Fisher on Paediatric Trauma at the London Trauma Conference
You’ve probably worked out by now that the London Trauma conference was full of awesomeness and controversy. Obviously I’m biased, but I found the paediatric stream particularly engaging and
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Trauma: An Elite Sport? Tom Evens at the London Trauma Conference 2014
One of the things I love about conferences is listening to “fringe” talks – those which don’t necessarily cover a review of a clinical topic but encourage us to look at
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The ProMISe Study: EGDT RIP?
Today is another landmark in the history of sepsis research. The long awaited results of the ProMISe trial are finally published in the New England Journal of Medicine. At 56
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