Iain and Simon look back at the St Emlyn's blog from March 2023. This monthly podcast round-up covers artificial intelligence, single-test troponin rule-out strategies and an update on St Emlyn's WILD.
A collection of evidence, guidelines and resources accompanying Dan Horner's 2023 RCEM CPD talk on the physiologically difficult airway. Links cover cardiovascular collapse, hypoxaemia, ultrasound, checklists and improving emergency airway care outside the operating room.
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This Critical Appraisal Nugget introduces sensitivity and specificity as ways to describe diagnostic test accuracy. Aimed at medical students and doctors preparing for exams, the podcast explores how these concepts help clinicians choose and interpret investigations in emergency care.
How did trauma transfusion move from whole blood to crystalloid and component therapy, then back towards whole blood? This 2023 narrative review follows the key studies behind that evolution and considers prehospital transfusion, different injury patterns and the questions still unanswered.
Part one of the HALO series examines how to learn the physical skills needed for high-acuity, low-occurrence procedures. It compares training models, including task trainers and cadaver courses, and stresses the importance of practising what happens after the initial incision.
A 2023 interview with ChatGPT explores how language models work and their possible uses in emergency medicine and education. The discussion considers limitations, misleading answers and human judgement, alongside the author's reflections on using AI in everyday work.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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