Latest posts

Iain and Simon revisit the St Emlyn's blog in their May 2021 podcast round-up. The linked reading covers anaphylaxis, staff wellbeing, adult congenital heart disease, calcium in trauma, spontaneous coronary artery dissection and reporting hospital data after the Manchester Arena bombing.

A June 2021 look at the first RECOVERY results for aspirin in hospitalised COVID-19 patients. The review considers the absence of a demonstrated mortality benefit, the balance between bleeding and thrombotic events, and the limits of the early results.

Leah Flanagan, Mohammed Hamza and Cian McDermott share ten ways they used digital tools to organise work and learning in 2021. The post covers planning, presentations, collaboration, keeping up with research and limiting distraction, with an emphasis on adapting tools to your own workflow.

A friend's experience of chest pain prompts this 2021 introduction to spontaneous coronary artery dissection. It explores presentation, diagnosis, management and life after SCAD, highlighting why few conventional cardiovascular risk factors should not obscure this important cause of myocardial infarction.

Why does calcium matter in traumatic haemorrhage and major transfusion? Iain Beardsell reviews two papers on hypocalcaemia, discusses the proposed 'lethal diamond' and considers earlier calcium replacement, while acknowledging the limited direct evidence behind this 2021 argument for practice change.

Sam Fitzsimmons joins a two-part podcast on adults with congenital heart disease in the emergency department. The accompanying notes explore Fontan circulation, Eisenmenger syndrome, transposition of the great arteries and aortic coarctation, focusing on presentations and complications that non-specialists may encounter.