An archived invitation to the Manchester Medical Society’s November 2014 evening on social media in emergency medicine. Simon Carley, Rick Body and Natalie May planned talks on education, research and everyday clinical practice, with a live stream intended to include colleagues beyond Manchester.
This 2014 journal club examines the PARAMEDIC trial of mechanical versus manual CPR in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Alongside the cluster-randomised design and survival findings, Simon Carley reflects on separating life support from treatment of the underlying cause and how resuscitation teams divide their attention.
An archived announcement of St Emlyn’s 2014 Manchester Medical Society event on social media and medical education. Rick Body introduces the team’s planned discussion of why the blog was created, what online sharing contributes to emergency medicine and how colleagues could become involved.
PodcastPhilosophy of Emergency Medicine
Why become involved in emergency medicine research? Rick Body shares his talk from DGINA 2014 in Nuremberg, describing his unexpected route into an academic career and the value of building a stronger evidence base for emergency care, with links to research discussed in the presentation.
Philosophy of Emergency Medicine
What do clinicians mean when they talk about ‘gestalt’? Simon Carley introduces its origins in perception, uses visual examples to explain how patterns emerge from fragments, and considers how these ideas relate to bedside assessment, ECG interpretation, clinical judgement and information that is difficult to measure.
Can experiencing physiological stress make blood gas results more meaningful to learners? This account describes an exercise-based teaching experiment using lactate measurements, then examines the value and limits of comparing healthy volunteers with critically ill patients. It also discusses consent, organisational approval and the absence of patient-outcome evidence.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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