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An introduction to St Emlyn's lesson plans for emergency medicine teaching. The guide sets out learning objectives, background resources, facilitated case discussion and reflection, showing how to structure a session for blended learning or a flipped classroom.

Iain and Simon review May 2020 on St Emlyn's, including COVID-19 research discussions and venous thromboembolism resources. The written episode notes also connect global health, race and inequality with reflections on privilege and the perspectives emergency clinicians bring to their work.

Lesson library · Educator’s guide Teach tomorrow Educator’s guide to St Emlyn’s Lesson Plans Use these plans for small-group discussion of clinical decisions. Each lesson provides learner preparation, cases and […]

After the Manchester Arena attack, Peter Hulme saw the limits of phone cascades and messaging groups for recalling emergency staff. This 2020 account follows the development of the Major Incident App, from alerting and coordinating responders to funding, industry collaboration and lessons learned.

Can an undetectable high-sensitivity troponin, a non-ischaemic ECG and clinical assessment speed safe discharge for chest pain? This 2020 LoDED trial appraisal examines its inconclusive primary comparison, variation in usual care and the limits of the safety data, keeping clinical judgement central.

A roundup of St Emlyn's in April 2020, including the early RCEM journal club webinars and other COVID-19 resources. The episode notes also point to exercise and nutrition, visual communication, a gardening-related skin condition and the site's curriculum-based learning pages.

Dan Horner reviews the 2020 NICE guidance on diagnosing and managing venous thromboembolism. The article discusses PERC, age-adjusted D-dimer, outpatient pulmonary embolism care and anticoagulant choices, including cancer-associated VTE, with attention to patient selection, bleeding risk and questions outside the guideline's scope.

A nasty case of a purpuric rash in an otherwise well patient after gardening. The perils of phytophotodermatitis after strimming in the sun.

Great news! You can now stream the entire St Emlyn’s podcast library on Spotify. Playlists To help you find your favourite episodes we’ve put together a series of playlists. Induction […]

A roundup of St Emlyn's in March 2020, including Roberto Cosentini's experience in northern Italy and Liz Crowe's discussion of pandemic fear and anxiety. The episode notes also cover critical care preparation, lung ultrasound, immediate care, vasopressin in haemorrhagic shock and patient flow.