An April 2021 guide to CODA's online talks and discussions across education, ethics, health and the environment. Simon Carley highlights resources on evidence-based medicine during COVID-19 and the clinical and ethical challenges of responding to the pandemic in Yemen.
This March 2021 introduction explains the planned UK Medical Licensing Assessment and the thinking behind St Emlyn's undergraduate acute and emergency care curriculum. It covers the assessment structure, learning outcomes and open-access resources for students and teachers.
A March 2021 appraisal of anticoagulation trials in critically ill patients with COVID-19. Simon Carley and Dan Horner examine therapeutic-dose versus usual-care thromboprophylaxis, organ support outcomes and bleeding, explaining why the findings cannot simply be extended to ward patients or treatment of confirmed thrombosis.
Iain and Simon revisit February 2021 on the St Emlyn's blog and podcast. The accompanying article links cover TIA risk assessment, proposed emergency care standards, tocilizumab evidence, TXA for epistaxis and conversations with patients about COVID-19 risk.
A March 2021 review of the RECOVERY convalescent plasma preprint in hospitalised patients with COVID-19. It examines the absence of a survival benefit, donor antibody testing and subgroup findings, and reflects on why promising treatments still need randomised evidence.
What can a specialist prehospital service teach us about a rare emergency airway procedure? This review of London Air Ambulance's 20-year cricothyroidotomy experience separates procedural success from patient survival and considers the implications for training, preparation and interpreting retrospective data.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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