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 […]
If there is one skill that we must all continue to grow and develop it is our communication skills. Communication drives the way we interact with the world and the
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When can and should we withdraw from continuing resuscitation in the ED? The standby phone rings: Post cardiac arrest patient, approximately 50. Intubated, BP 80/40, GCS 3. ETA 5 minutes.
Managing bad news in emergency medicine and critical care at Christmas. St.Emlyn’s on Grief at Christmas.
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It’s every health professional’s most dreaded task to have to communicate difficult news to desperate patients, friends and relatives; particularly when someone has died. Think about this clinical case
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Liz Crowe and Iain Beardsell recently podcasted on grief in the ED. A tricky subject but one that will touch all of us at some point in our careers. The
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Here in Virchester we believe that families are important. Natalie has written before about the benefits of family presence during paediatric resuscitation and it’s pretty much standard practice in both
JC: Family presence for Brain Death Evaluation. St.Emlyn’s Read More »
“Standby call please: 19 month old male, cardiac arrest…” They are the words I half expect whenever the red phone rings between 6 and 7am, words which strike both
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