Podcast – Number Needed to Treat (NNT)
A podcast and blogpost discussing diagnostic testing in the Emergency Department, especially the Number Needed to Treat
Podcast – Number Needed to Treat (NNT) Read More
Search Results for: major trauma
JC: Anterior pituitary disorder following head injury
For reasons which I can’t discuss here I’m quite interested in the incidence of pituitary axis dysfunction following head injury, and indeed in the outcomes following all severities of head
JC: Anterior pituitary disorder following head injury Read More
Miscommunication and Handover in the ED. St Emlyn’s
Eavesdropping On my last set of night shifts I was reviewing a patient on our observation ward when I overheard the following nursing handover: “Mrs Jones is waiting for ophthalmology
Miscommunication and Handover in the ED. St Emlyn’s Read More
JC: If the Video Laryngoscope was stroke thrombolysis……. St.Emlyn’s
It has been truly fascinating to look at the responses to the paper on use of the glidescope for trauma patients. The post looks at the paper from R Adams
JC: If the Video Laryngoscope was stroke thrombolysis……. St.Emlyn’s Read More
What I do on my holidays, by Alan Grayson, aged 37 and a half. St.Emlyn’s
The most amazing place in the world! Thanks to @TropicalEDdoc, @Lanafeld and @abc730 for the prompt for this. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/Lanafeld/status/304163541714354176″] Drugs and music have always
What I do on my holidays, by Alan Grayson, aged 37 and a half. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Emergency Medicine: A risky business part 6. How many steps to disaster?
So what do we mean by a miss exactly? Is it always a terrible thing and why is it that if we constantly miss diagnoses (we do you know) we
Emergency Medicine: A risky business part 6. How many steps to disaster? Read More
What, where and who is St.Emlyn’s?
What where and who is St.Emlyn’s? I have recently been asked about St.Emlyn’s and Virchester. Many people have suggested that this is a mythical place, but whilst the standard of
What, where and who is St.Emlyn’s? Read More
Perimortem C-section at St.Emlyn’s
There are a few blog posts that seem to stick in the mind more than others, and certainly ones that I direct colleagues back to on a regular basis. One
Perimortem C-section at St.Emlyn’s Read More
JC: HEMS doesn’t work – at least not for the Dutch
Dutch HEMS from wikipedia We all love helicopters, don’t we 🙂 We love the idea of swooping from the sky to save a patient at the moment of near death
JC: HEMS doesn’t work – at least not for the Dutch Read More
Are you sure that’s allergic?? Angioedema in Scarbrough
A guest blog from an old friend and colleague from the the other side of the Pennines. Andy Volans is consultant in Emergency Medicine in the seaside town of Scarborough,
Are you sure that’s allergic?? Angioedema in Scarbrough Read More