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A practical starting point for students and clinicians interested in emergency care research. Thomas Shanahan, Edd Carlton and Samantha Jones discuss finding a worthwhile question, contributing to local studies, seeking mentorship, joining collaborative networks and developing critical appraisal and writing skills.

A fictional glimpse of chest pain assessment in 2050. Rick Body follows Fiona through a future of personalised risk prediction, implanted diagnostics and virtual consultation, using medical fiction to explore how technology might change both care and the experience of illness.

Why can clinicians read the same evidence and reach different conclusions? Simon Carley uses a Bayesian analogy to explore how prior beliefs shape critical appraisal and thresholds for changing practice, suggesting ways to recognise those beliefs before interpreting a new paper.

Iain and Simon's March 2021 round-up covers RECOVERY results, trauma triage, cricothyroidotomy and COVID-19 thromboprophylaxis. The episode also discusses emerging concerns about vaccine-induced thrombosis, alongside the FRCEM revision guide and changes to undergraduate medical education.

Revision guides/MLA contents 01 ST EMLYN’S · MLA REVISION GUIDE The Applied Knowledge Test Based on the original guide by Trudie Pestell, with contributions from Nick Smith and Iain Beardsell. […]

An April 2021 discussion of post-vaccination headache as evidence about vaccine-induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia was emerging. It explores VITT, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and the role of clinical probability, targeted investigation and specialist input, reflecting the uncertainties and guidance available at that time.

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.

FRCEM revision guide/Contents/Chapter 1 01 ST EMLYN’S · FRCEM REVISION GUIDE The FRCEM Single Best Answer (SBA) By Dr Trudie Pestell Browse the guideline library ↓ IN THIS CHAPTER 01Overview […]

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.

Dan Horner takes a detailed look at the February 2021 RECOVERY tocilizumab preprint. The appraisal examines reported survival benefits alongside patient selection, incomplete follow-up, absolute versus relative effects and the uncertainties that remained behind the optimistic headlines.