Going into hospital as an emergency during the COVID-19 pandemic must be extremely scary for patients and their relatives. With no relatives allowed to visit and staff dressed in full […]
Am I going to die? Communicating COVID-19 test results and risk Read More
In arguably the most important therapeutic news of the pandemic since Dexamethasone, the RECOVERY trial investigators have revealed the initial results on the Tocilizumab arm of the trial showing a
JC: RECOVERY trial shows Tocilizumab effective for COVID19. St Emlyn’s Read More
Ed – We are delighted to publish a guest post from a great friend of St Emlyn’s, Joke from Belgium. She is one of a number of superb Belgian emergency
Lead yourself (through the COVID-19 pandemic). St Emlyn’s with Joke Van kerkhoven Read More
Ed – We have previously covered the concept of moral injury on the blog and podcast, largely in respect to the experience of managing patients with traumatic injury. In 2020
Moral Injury during COVID-19. St Emlyn’s Read More
We have been following the RECOVERY trial closely over the last few months. It’s the largest RCT of therapeutics for COVID-19 in the world and it’s already shown that hydroxychloroquine
JC: Lopinavir/Ritonavir in the treatment of COVID-19 Read More
As we near the end of 2020, it is worth taking a moment to reflect on what a year it has been. At the beginning of the year we were
JC: Azithromycin in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 Read More
A defining feature of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the wide spectrum of clinical presentations, ranging from asymptomatic viremia to life-threatening illness.1 Factors such as advancing age and co-morbid status have
The Emerging Evidence for a Genetic Susceptibility to Severe Covid-19. St Emlyn’s Read More
A core skill in emergency medicine is in the identification and classification of risk categories for the patients we see. For many conditions we have derived, validated and refined scoring
Risk stratification in the ED for COVID19 patients: The PRIEST study. St Emlyn’s Read More
I am sure many of you saw the breaking news on the BBC the other week, about a new wonderdrug to strengthen our defences against the tidal wave that is
Tocilizumaybe? Immune modulation in COVID-19 Read More
This week Simon and Rick got together to talk through the latest technologies, uses and performance of COVID-19 testing. We think it’s a really useful listen to understand the strengths
Understanding COVID-19 testing with Rick Body. St Emlyn’s Read More
