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Lesson library · Medical Students · Educator’s guide St Emlyn’s Lesson Plans Recognising acute aortic dissection Use two presentations to practise recognising acute aortic syndrome and communicating the need for […]

Lesson library · Medical Students · Educator’s guide St Emlyn’s Lesson Plans Assessing a blackout or unexplained fall Build a witness-based blackout history, recognise cardiovascular red flags and avoid reassuring […]

Lesson library · Early-career Emergency Medicine · Educator’s guide St Emlyn’s Lesson Plans Recognising acute aortic dissection Discuss when to suspect aortic dissection and how to arrange imaging and specialist […]

Lesson library · Higher Specialty Training · Educator’s guide St Emlyn’s Lesson Plans Journal club: LoDED and safe early discharge Appraise the LoDED diagnostic-strategy trial and discuss what would be […]

Lesson library · Early-career Emergency Medicine · Educator’s guide St Emlyn’s Lesson Plans Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: decisions under pressure Discuss resuscitation, anticoagulant reversal and definitive haemostasis when GI-bleeding treatment decisions […]

Lesson library · New to Emergency Medicine / Induction · Educator’s guide St Emlyn’s Lesson Plans Syncope: a normal appearance is not the diagnosis Reconstruct a blackout, identify concerning cardiac […]

Lesson library · Early-career Emergency Medicine · Educator’s guide St Emlyn’s Lesson Plans Assessing acute coronary syndrome Discuss urgent ECG findings, initial ACS care and the limits of high-sensitivity troponin […]

An April 2020 critical appraisal of early reports linking COVID-19 with thrombosis and raised D-dimer. Dan Horner questions incidence estimates, composite outcomes and claims about heparin, explaining why observational associations alone could not settle the benefits and harms of intensified anticoagulation.

How should clinicians interpret a raised troponin when COVID-19 is also possible? This April 2020 review explores myocardial injury, myocarditis and acute coronary syndromes, emphasising the clinical history, ECG and alternative diagnoses rather than assuming every cardiac presentation is caused by the virus.

A March 2020 exploration of lung ultrasound in suspected COVID-19, from scanning patterns and interpretation to equipment cleaning and training. Cian McDermott examines the emerging evidence and practical tradeoffs, including staff exposure, alternative diagnoses and the limits of using ultrasound in isolation.