Results for: global health
Similar challenges, different approaches – Mass Casualty Incident training lessons from Pakistan. St Emlyn’s
A little while ago I reported from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma’s meeting – specifically covering the management of major – or mass casualty – incidents (MCI). Many similar themes stood out …
JC: The beauty of simplicity. ANDROMEDA-SHOCK St Emlyn’s
For many years, we have enjoyed discussing the concept of euboxia in critical care1. If something has a normal range, and abnormality is bad, surely using medical interventions to restore it to the norm can …
2018 thoughts and reflections
As 2018 comes to an end we asked the St Emlyn’s team to reflect on the highs and lows of a fascinating year. The brief was pretty vague as we wanted the team to think …
Teaching and Learning in Stretched environments. RSM 2018. St Emlyn’s
This blog links to a presentation I am giving in London on the 19/10/18 on the subject of learning in stretched environments, or at least that’s the official title. My original title was ‘teaching in …
Monkeypox has arrived. Is the panic justified? St Emlyn’s
This blog provides a rapid update on the diagnosis and management of the emerging infection ‘MonkeyPox’. If you want the short answer to the question then it’s no. Don’t panic, but do read on to …
World Sepsis Conference: #wsc18 an Online, Free, #FOAMed style conference this week. 5th/6th September.
There is no doubt that I love a conference. I’ll freely admit this. I love the travel, the connections and the opportunity to learn, but I also have anxieties about the inequality of conferences, notably …
Torso Trauma tips and the BASICS North West conference 2018. St Emlyn’s
Not every conference has to be huge, multimedia and international, there is a lot to be said for local conferences. This week I attended the BASICS North West regional conference1. Here are some of my …
Party hard in the UK: Ecstacy and more in #Virchester. St Emlyn’s
The onset of late spring in the UK marks the start of festival season. Dancing in fields for enjoyment likely goes back to prehistory and pagan fertility (of crops, animals, and humans) rituals. Whilst Morris …
Podcast: September 2018 round up of the St Emlyn’s blog
Here’s the September podcast round up of the St Emlyn’s blog. For some reason this did not get published back in 2018, so here it is now 🙂 The following blogs are discussed. OOHCA and …
Dan does part of State of the Art #ICSSOA2017. St.Emlyn’s
St Emlyn’s were on tour again this week, and I was lucky enough to attend the yearly UK Intensive Care Society State of the Art (ICSSOA) 2017 Conference in Liverpool. This is always a great …