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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 […]

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 […]

Peri-intubation cardiovascular collapse occurred in over 40% of critically ill patients in the INTUBE cohort. Propofol was the only potentially modifiable factor consistently associated with collapse—but this remains observational evidence.

What should this mean for emergency and prehospital RSI?

Critical appraisal of the DEVICE trial as published in 2023 NEJM. VL outperforms DL in this study of critically unwell patients.

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 […]

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 […]

A critical appraisal of a RCT comparing REBOA and standard ALS for OHCA

A critical appraisal of a RCT comparing whole blood vs blood component transfusions for bleeding trauma patients

A review of intra-arrest stellate ganglion block for refractory cardiac arrest. Could this novel technique improve ROSC rates? Critical appraisal of scoping review. @stemlyns #FOAMed

Review the top 11 trauma and resuscitation trials discussed at ICEM 2025. Expert summaries and critical appraisals from St Emlyn’s cover transfusion strategies, airway management, oxygenation, fibrinogen, and more.