We’re always a little cautious (scared) about entering any sort of emergency airway debate on social media as opinions are usually strongly held, and evidence is often of the lighter …
JC: Rocuronium or Suxamethoniun for RSI. St Emlyn's Read More »
There has been an ongoing debate about the use of video laryngoscopy (VL) in emergency and critical care1–4. Proponents speak of the better visibility and ability to teach using video …
JC: Macintosh vs. McGrath laryngoscopy in pre-hospital care. Read More »
Over the last few years there has been much effort and a fair bit of #FOAMed activity around ensuring that RSI in critical environments is as safe and efficient as …
JC: Should we continue ventilations during RSI? St Emlyn’s Read More »
Here in Virchester we believe that we were early pioneers of conscious sedation in the UK. It’s something we adopted as a routine procedure back in the 90s, in both …
JC: Should we premedicate for ketamine sedation? St Emlyn’s Read More »
This blog reviews the first large randomised controlled trial of cricoid pressure in emergency patients as published in JAMA Surgery, October 2018. Cricoid pressure is controversial. Although it has been …
JC: Cricoid Pressure and RSI, do we still need it? St Emlyn’s Read More »
If out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and outcome data is the topic, long is the list of research and passionate is the debate on every possible measurable outcome from pit crew …
JC: OOHCA and Airway management. Do we need a tube? St Emlyn’s Read More »
Here’s the September podcast round up of the St Emlyn’s blog. For some reason this did not get published back in 2018, so here it is now 🙂 The following …
Podcast: September 2018 round up of the St Emlyn’s blog Read More »
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 …
This post, detailing my reflections on clinical retrieval medicine, is the fourth in a series recording my reflections on the twelve months I spent working for Sydney HEMS1 in prehospital and …
101 Reflective Lessons from a Year with Sydney HEMS. Part Four: More Clinical Read More »
Depending on your department the frequency with which you are faced with the need to transfer a critically ill intubated patient may vary but it is something we think all …
The Emergency Department Transfer: Patient, Preparation and People. St.Emlyn’s Read More »