Critical Appraisal of the medical literature is a key part of the armamentarium of a good Emergency Physician, not just to pass tricky exams, but also to stay up to […]
Critical Appraisal Nuggets – The St.Emlyn’s CAN Podcast Read More
Critical appraisal is a core skill for all emergency physicians. You must stay up to date with the literature…, but there is just SO much of it. What should you
JC: BestBets checklists for critical appraisal. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Critical appraisal is a core skill for all emergency physicians. You must stay up to date with the literature…, but there is just SO much of it. What should you
JC: Critical appraisal checklists at BestBets Read More
If you are planning on being an emergency physician in the UK then you will probably be thinking about trying to get through the FCEM exam. At the current time
The Critical Appraisal FCEM exam Read More
Critical appraisal of the DEVICE trial as published in 2023 NEJM. VL outperforms DL in this study of critically unwell patients.
Video Laryngoscopy vs Direct Laryngoscopy for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults Read More
In addition to the breaking trials at the #CCR meetings a number of other important trials were presented that you should seek out and review. We’ve not done full critical
JC: Critical care reviews meeting day 1 #CCR20. St Emlyn's Read More
The use of Intravenous fluid therapy and the controversies around them have been a theme of the blog from the very beginning. From the early days when evidence increasingly pointed
JC: Intravenous fluid therapy in critically ill adults (review). St Emlyn’s Read More
Should we use AP or AL pad position first for defibrillation in VF/VT cardiac arrest. Critical appraisal of an observational study in JAMA suggests a better outcome with AP, but there are many biases in this study. #FOAMed @stemlyns
AP or AL pad position for first choice shock in VF? Read More
Liz Crowe gives us a fantastic critical appraisal of an EMJ paper discussing the patient experience in the emergency department.
Patient experience in the Emergency Department Read More
A critical appraisal of a paper about feasibility, safety and impact of pre hospital zone 1 REBOA on exsanguinating peri-arrest trauma patients
