The FORCE study: St Emlyn’s
As someone who works across both PEM and adult EM it’s interesting to reflect on how the workload varies. These days my adult work is heavily skewed to complex majors …
#ICEM22 Melbourne – Day 3
The day opened with a sobering plenary about climate change. During the morning concurrent, I attended the Disaster session. Practitioners from around the world shared experiences and lessons from disaster …
May 2022 podcast round up. St Emlyn’s
Our regular review of the best of the blog and podcast from May 2022. A quiet month on the blog as a result of COVID and a trip to Lithuania …
#ICEM22 Melbourne – Day 1
Natalie May reviews day 1 of the #ICEM22 conference in Melbourne, Australia @stemlyns @_nmay #FOAMed @icem2022 @ifempreselect @ifem2
#ICEM22 Melbourne Day 2
This post contains some of the learning and reflections from Day 2 of ICEM 2022 in Melbourne (Friday). Day 2 of ICEM22 kicked off with a session on equity, chaired …
JC: Vitamin C and sepsis (again). St Emlyn’s
The story of vitamin C in sepsis is fascinating. There was a great deal of controversy around what became known as the Marik protocol (after Prof. Paul Marik). The protocol …
Differential prescribing of TXA by gender. St Emlyn’s
Tranexamic acid in trauma is a well-established standard of care in most mature trauma systems. The two major trials of TXA, CRASH 2 and 3 suggest a small but important …
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How to become a sub-specialist in emergency care research. St Emlyn’s
At a basic level emergency care clinicians should be trained in Good Clinical Practice and able to recruit to trials. However some will want to make research into a larger …
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March/April Podcast 2022. St Emlyn’s
Our regular review of the blog and podcast from March/April 2022 with Simon and Iain. This month we saw the podcast pass over 1 Million downloads. Thanks to everyone out …
JC: AP or AL position for cardioversion? St Emlyn’s
Defibrillation is a core skill in emergency medicine. Traditionally we are taught that an anterior-lateral (AL) placement of pads is preferable, although an anterior-posterior (AP) position can be used if …
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