Is public health a problem in the UK? Well, prior to this year’s general election, healthcare and the NHS were consistently top concern for voters. But the public are worried and […]
Better Than Cure? Public Health in the ED at #RCEM15 Read More
The permanent page for this post can be found by clicking here. If you are a trainee or trainer in the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) then you should
Update on RCEM curriculum mapping Read More
By the time you’ve worked in the Emergency Department for more than a week it’s highly likely you’ll have seen a patient who has a bit of a sore neck
Torticollis: A Real Pain in the Neck Read More
We have looked at therapeutic hypothermia not once, not twice, but three times already here at St Emlyn’s;Â most of our ED consultants also work, at least some of the time,
JC: Getting Chilly Quickly 4. Doing It For The Kids Read More
A 45 year old man comes off his motorbike on a country road. He is flagged up as major trauma and gets the full works, including WBCT. This reveals nothing
JC: What’s the ‘best’ test for a broken chest? Read More
Here we collate the list of papers appraised at the Virchester Journal Club each year. Links will take you to the relevant blog post. Over the year we scan many
Virchester Journal Club 2014. St.Emlyn’s Read More
In the last few days Twitter has been buzzing (does twitter buzz? Or does it chirp? Tweet?) with EM practitioners getting to grips with the latest iteration of the NICE
JC: Updated NICE Head Injury Guidelines – Worth a Scan? Read More
Here in Virchester we believe that families are important. Natalie has written before about the benefits of family presence during paediatric resuscitation and it’s pretty much standard practice in both
JC: Family presence for Brain Death Evaluation. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Eavesdropping On my last set of night shifts I was reviewing a patient on our observation ward when I overheard the following nursing handover: “Mrs Jones is waiting for ophthalmology
Miscommunication and Handover in the ED. St Emlyn’s Read More
Major Trauma Protocols for transfusion in the emergency department are a good thing aren’t they? I certainly think so, it’s something we have instituted in both paediatric and adult practice.
JC: Major Transfusion Protocols – evidence or lack of? St.Emlyn’s Read More
