Our Team – St.Emlyn’s
We are a team of emergency medicine and critical care specialists working to improve the education of clinicians and the care of patients. The four pillars of learning are evidence-based
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Does Sodium bicarbonate improve outcomes for in-hospital cardiac arrest?
Routine sodium bicarbonate has largely disappeared from modern ALS algorithms, but it continues to be used in many cardiac arrests. We review the BIHCA trial and discuss what it means for emergency physicians and prehospital clinicians.
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JC: Magnesium for Acute Headache: Maybe, but perhaps not for all..
Does intravenous magnesium improve outcomes for patients with acute non-traumatic headache in the emergency department? We review the latest Annals RCT and discuss whether it should change practice.alo
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TTL tips 14: Should I CTA this limb injury?
Arterial injuries can be easy to miss. Learn how trauma team leaders recognise hard and soft signs of vascular injury, identify high-risk injury patterns and expedite limb-saving care.
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JC: Ambient AI scribes in the ED
Do AI scribes work in the ED? St Emlyn’s reviews the best ED evidence to date on AI scribe adoption, quality and where to pilot safely.
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IncrEMentuM 2026 – Inspirational Emergency Medicine in Murcia
IncrEMentuM 2026 in Murcia was not a conventional Emergency Medicine conference. This reflection explores how its independent design, live simulation, hosted conversations, smaller faculty, translation, production values and global audience created a learning experience that felt connected to the realities of Emergency Medicine.
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RCEM Annual Conference 2026 – Day 3
Our review of day 3 of the RCEM annual scientific conference 2026 in Birmingham. Trauma, paeds, analgesia, AI, and more HALO. FOAmed RCEM @stemlyns
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RCEM Annual Conference 2026 – Day 2
A full summary of Day 2 at RCEM Conference 2026, covering prize papers, AI in emergency medicine, major trials, health inequalities, and clinical insights.
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TTL Tip 9: Chest Drain Before CT? Think, Decide, Communicate
Should you insert a chest drain before CT in trauma? A practical guide to managing pneumothorax, balancing risk, delay, and decision-making in the resus room. @stemlyns #FOAMed
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TTL tips 8: External Haemorrhage control
Keep blood in the patient. Control haemorrhage early. Most external bleeding will have been addressed prehospital, but not all. Patients may self-present, deteriorate, or require reassessment as resuscitation progresses. Effective
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