Tag: cardiac
Dual Axis Defibrillation & #ResusFriday at St.Emlyn’s
This week we had one of our #ResusFridays organised by @kirstinEM , @drgarethroberts & Katie Jones in Virchester. This concept was inspired by our friends in Edinburgh who have run them for some time1 with …
JC: Are typical chest pain symptoms predictive of outcome? St.Emlyn’s
We love a bit of meta-cognition here at St.Emlyn’s. As time passes and we all become a little longer in the tooth it becomes increasingly apparent that it’s not just ‘what’ we know it’s how …
Good times part 1: DIDO-30 for STEMI
STEMI is one of the true medical emergencies. We all know that the sooner our patient gets revascularisation, the better they do. We’ve known this for years. In a very nice meta-analysis, Eric Boersma showed …
The MACS rule: a new user-friendly version
This blog post is based on a paper we’ve just had published in the Emergency Medicine Journal entitled: ‘The Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (MACS) decision rule: validation with a new automated assay for heart-type fatty …
Acute Heart Failure guidance. Nice, NICE or Not? St.Emlyn’s
It’s fair to say we quite like a guideline here at StE’s. We have, probably like your ED, evidence-based clinical decision support guidelines for common (think cardiac chest pain and ?PE) and not so common …
The Heart Under Stress – St. Emlyn’s at SMACC Gold
Chris Nickson (@precordialthump) is a genius in many ways. Not only does he organise arguably the best healthcare conference in the world right now, but he’s also a very clever chap when it comes …
JC: Does wave form analysis improve outcome in VF arrest? St.Emlyn’s
For those of us schooled through the Advanved Life Support courses I think we may be forgiven for thinking of Ventricular Fibrillation as a single condition. The treatment of VF follows a set algorithm that …
Do risk factors factor in the ED? St.Emlyn’s at #SMACC Gold
We’ve said it before but SMACC really is the best conference in the world for anyone involved in resuscitation, and it’s not just about the latest and greatest bits of kit, or the latest airway …
Cardiology Case 04: An unusual ECG
Here we go with another Cardiology Case at St. Emlyn’s. If you haven’t already, check out the other cases in this series: Cardiology case 01 Cardiology case 02: ST depression, no rush? Cardiology case 03: Are …
The MACS Rule: Immediate ‘rule in’ and ‘rule out’ for suspected cardiac chest pain
This post is about a paper we published today in Heart – the result of more than 9 years of work – phew! Here’s a link to the paper (open access), which reports how we …