Top Apps at #EMSA18 St Emlyn’s
One of the other sessions I spoke in at EMSA18 was the technology session, when four of us (Jesse Spurr, Michael Edmonds, Lachlan “Lachie” Graham and I), chaired by Andrew […]
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Clinical Guidelines
Troponin and biotin: a lethal combination?
Imagine you’re treating a patient who presented with typical cardiac chest pain. The initial ECG showed subtle lateral ST depression that seemed to resolve on subsequent ECGs. You’re very concerned
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JC: Fluid resuscitation in paediatric DKA. St Emlyn’s
Over the years I’ve had some interesting, and not entirely positive interactions when treating diabetic ketoacidosis in kids. These usually focus around some very strongly held views that unless you
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St.Emlyn’s takes a NAP. The NAP4 anaesthesia audit.
Thinking about a NAP after reading the title? If you’re an emergency clinician, you probably came to this post thinking one of two things: A nap? They sound pretty cool,
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JC: Oxygen in the Acutely Unwell Patient. St Emlyn’s
When I started in medicine all resuscitation started with some form of supplemental oxygen. Whether that was by face mask, LMA or intubation, oxygen was the mainstay of initial treatment
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Complications of anticoagulation and how to manage them. St Emlyn’s
So, this was the lecture title I was given for the RCEM CPD conference this year for the geriatric medicine session. Quite the opposite of what I usually talk about,
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Journal Club – Trauma CT in Paediatric Patients
I have a confession to make – I once requested a whole body CT (WBCT) in a paediatric patient. [Yes, yes, I know!] To be fair, we didn’t know he
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JC: Can I safely discharge dizzy patients from the ED?
Last month, I came across a clinical review published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine1 that got me really excited! It got me excited (in a geeky professional sense
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