JC: Apnoeic Oxygenation (again)
We’ve debated Apnoeic Oxygenation on St.Emlyn’s in the past1. Physiologically it kind of makes sense. The idea that we can put ‘Os up the Nose’ (as someone cleverer than I
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The 2017 ACEM Winter Symposium with Katherine Gridley.
This year the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) winter symposium was held in the beautiful Barossa valley in South Australia. This 4 day conference is designed to bring emergency
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Are you PROcalcitonin? St.Emlyn’s goes bug-hunting.
At work the other day, someone mentioned that we could use procalcitonin to distinguish between viral and bacterial infections, particularly in the paediatric population. It was touted as the answer
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JC: Turn it Down to 11 – Benzos for Back Pain
The topic of lower back pain of undifferentiated origin is one that is close to my heart for at least two reasons. The first one is professional, as daily we
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Hypothermia in status epilepticus. St.Emlyn’s
It seems as though hypothermia is the therapy that never quite gets there. The Targeted Temperature Management1,2 trial showed no benefit post ROSC and the RINSE trial 3,4 showed no
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10+1 papers for the Northern Emergency Medicine conference. St.Emlyn’s
I had the honour to speak at the very first Northern Emergency Medicine conference back in 2014 (I think). I had a fantastic time and met so many enthusiastic and
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JC: Clots in Pots gets Top Spot. Thromboprophylaxis at St.Emlyn’s
Every so often, a paper comes along that contradicts your gut feeling and/or current practice and makes you really think hard. That happened to me this weekend. You may have
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JC: Reversal of DOACs with Andexanet Alfa. St.Emlyn’s
123We are in a new age of anticoagulation, Warfarin is becoming a drug of the past. To the benefit of our patients we are no longer dragging them into hospital
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Prevalence of PE in patients with syncope
There is a bit of a buzz on social media at the moment1 about an interesting paper in the NEJM2 on the prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism in patients with syncope3.
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Difficult conversations with children in critical care
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again1. This blog tackles a really challenging topic in our theme around communication and wellbeing2–4. How do
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