#theBMJawards night. St.Emlyn’s
The BMJ awards are arguably the most prestigious medical awards in the UK (we think they are anyway) and so we were delighted that the St.Emlyn’s team made the […]
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#dasSMACC Education panel: Get involved. St.Emlyn’s.
Here at St.Emlyn’s we are getting rather excited about #dasSMACC. It’s not that long until we gather in Berlin with friends old and new for the best conference in the
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101 Reflective Lessons from a Year with Sydney HEMS. Part Three: Clinical
This post, detailing my reflections on clinical retrieval medicine, is the third in a series recording my reflections on the past twelve months, which I have spent working for Sydney HEMS
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Major incident planning at the 14th ACCS meeting. St.Emlyn’s
This week I am talking in Manchester at the 14th Annual Critical Care Symposium. This is an amazing meeting organised by the legendary Dr Chithambaram Veerappan, a critical care doc
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Are you PROcalcitonin? St.Emlyn’s goes bug-hunting.
At work the other day, someone mentioned that we could use procalcitonin to distinguish between viral and bacterial infections, particularly in the paediatric population. It was touted as the answer
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Sugar and Spice…Not All Things Nice
The use of synthetic cannabinoids is on the rise. Â They are dangerous, don’t fit a particular toxidrome, and can require emergent intervention. Â They are a nasty phenomenon and this article
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JC: The Quick-Wee Method for Faster Clean Catch Urine Collection
The wilful nature of children is responsible for a lot of the facial expressions we see in the paediatric emergency department but few parents are as frustrated as those waiting…
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When is a Door Not a Door? Bias, Heuristics & Metacognition
This is an amended version of a talk on metacognition I gave at the Royal North Shore Hospital Grand Round. The clinical scenario has changed but the content remains the
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