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It is a little known fact that to be successful as an emergency physician in the UK it is vital to take a three month rotation in Archery. Archery is a key skill for us all dating back to Medieval times when we introduced the longbow into warfare.

A St Emlyn's podcast discussing targets in the Emergency Department

This blog post is based on the paper published in the EMJ this week - Body R et al. Can emergency physicians rule in or rule out acute coronary syndromes using clinical judgement?

I am lucky enough to work in both paediatric and adult trauma centres in Virchester. I think this is a good mix as really nasty paediatric trauma is rare but adult trauma is not.

This week we have released a podcast on trauma team leadership that focuses on the management of trauma patients in the ED, and in particular a focus on getting patients from the door to CT within 30 mins.

I really like this video and whilst I slightly disagree about working in the Midlands (actually it's great, but I want you to come to Virchester) this is a great description of the range of training and working opportunities in UK EM.