An emergency medicine overview of GBL intoxication in the context of chemsex. Gareth Roberts discusses recognition, respiratory depression, co-ingestion and the challenges of airway management, alongside the need to consider consent, safeguarding and sexual health support as patients recover.
GBL Overdose and what to do about it Read More
Ashley Liebig draws on her experience with helicopter emergency medical services to discuss psychological performance in resuscitation. This St Emlyn’s Live talk, available as video and audio, focuses on working under pressure when decisions are urgent and information is incomplete.
Psychological performance in the resus room. Ashley Liebig at #stemlynsLIVE Read More
Simon Carley sets out five approaches to resuscitation practice that require no new equipment: preparation with the Zero Point Survey, regular team updates, separating immediate care from strategic thinking, peer observation and hot debriefs. This St Emlyn’s Live 2018 talk focuses on how teams work together.
#stemlynsLIVE: Five free strategies to improve your resuscitation practice. St Emlyn’s Read More
What should a triage score actually achieve? This discussion questions whether diagnosis, mortality or admission adequately measure success, and argues for greater attention to patients whose clinical course or suffering could be changed by earlier intervention.
Triage: The sorting hat of Emergency medicine, but what are we really seeking? St.Emlyn’s. Read More
Leadership is not reserved for the most senior person in the room. Reflections from a year with Sydney HEMS explore responding to hostility, supporting colleagues after difficult jobs, listening to every voice and recognising the value of everyday kindness and humility.
101 Reflective Lessons from a Year with Sydney HEMS. Part Five: Leadership Read More
What might emergency clinicians learn from Sun Tzu’s The Art of War? This reflective essay applies ideas about preparation, self-awareness, teamwork and adaptability to the pressures of emergency care, treating organisational challenges as the adversary and explicitly rejecting the idea that patients are enemies.
Why is ‘I don’t know’ so hard to say? Drawing on Think Like a Freak, this reflection explores intellectual humility, curiosity, reframing problems and seeking useful feedback, asking how ideas from outside medicine can help emergency clinicians recognise their limits and approach difficult decisions differently.
You are not a SHOEMAKER. St.Emlyn’s Read More
A satirical ‘Fellowship of Corridor Medicine’ introduces a serious discussion of emergency department overcrowding. Simon Carley follows the spoof with practical reflections on departmental leadership, communication, sharing risk across the hospital and supporting patients and staff when demand overwhelms the space available for safe care.
Studying for FCM (Fellow of Corridor Medicine) at St.Emlyn’s Read More
