Gareth reflects on preparing a CESR application after taking a non-standard route through emergency medicine training. This 2018 account explores gathering evidence, documenting competence and navigating portfolio requirements, with Natalie May adding her experience of specialist recognition in Australia.
Et tu, Brute? One mans battle with CESR. St Emlyn’s Read More
This archived update introduces the programme for the Teaching CoOp course held in Manchester on 10–12 October 2018. It brings together the course information and downloadable brochure prepared for delegates ahead of the event.
The Teaching CoOp update and program: 10-12th October 2018 Read More
How can emergency departments avoid separating a patient’s mental and physical health needs? This 2018 podcast with Kevin Mackway-Jones introduces the APEx course and its joint emergency medicine and psychiatry approach. The accompanying article explores unified assessment, risk and the assumptions that can delay care.
Acute Psychiatric Emergencies in the ED. The APEx course. Read More
Simon and Iain revisit the St Emlyn’s blog from April 2018. The episode’s written guide links trauma research, paediatric CT, anticoagulation complications and diagnostic uncertainty, alongside clinician wellbeing, team coaching and reflections from badEMfest in South Africa.
Podcast – April 2018 Monthly Round Up Read More
Does tranexamic acid improve recovery after spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage? This 2018 appraisal of TICH-2 examines death and dependence, haematoma expansion and the uncertainty around the results. It explores why a possible effect on bleeding does not necessarily establish a meaningful improvement in patients’ longer-term outcomes.
JC: TICH TICH BOOM? TXA in ICH. St Emlyn’s Read More
Does a bougie improve first-pass success during emergency intubation? Simon Carley reviews a 2018 randomised comparison with a tube and stylet, examining the results alongside operator experience, laryngoscope choice and local practice. He asks how confidently a single US centre’s findings can be applied elsewhere.
JC: Don’t blame it on the Bougie. St Emlyn’s Read More
Simon Carley selects ten trauma papers for the 2018 Trauma Care UK conference, focusing on questions that might change bedside practice. Topics range from imaging and transport to brain injury, pneumothorax and team performance, with critical discussion of study limitations and the challenges of translating evidence into care.
Top 10 trauma papers 2017-2018 for @traumacareUK conference. St Emlyn’s Read More
How should clinicians balance bleeding and thrombosis when anticoagulation causes problems? This 2018 RCEM CPD discussion covers haemorrhage, reversal strategies, adverse reactions, treatment failure and monitoring. It emphasises individual risk, practical delivery of care and making complex pathways usable, reflecting the drugs and evidence available at the time.
Complications of anticoagulation and how to manage them. St Emlyn’s Read More
