Tag: critical appraisal
JC: Enter Sandman – Which Agent as Second Line in Paediatric Status Epilepticus?
Appraisal and reflections on the recently published ConSEPT and EcLiPSE trials – what do they mean for the treatment of paediatric status epilepticus?
CAN 8: p-values
We’ve not done a critical appraisal nugget for a while now. No excuses, we’ve just been busy with other stuff, but we need to rectify that now. This week I sat down with Rick Body …
St Emlyn’s 2018 Critical Appraisal book.
We are delighted to share the latest e-book from the St Emlyn’s team. This collates key critical appraisals from the team, published in 2018. This is the collection of journal club posts from the St …
Podcast: December 2018 round up
Here’s the round up of the best of the blog from December 2018. We hope you had a great Christmas and New Year and that 2019 will bring new opportunities for us all. https://ebem.podbean.com/mf/play/r4pzyh/stemlyns_December_round_up_2018_copy.mp3
StE Journal Club: a Christmas Games of Thrones issue
Disclaimer #1: this is a Christmas edition of our regular journal club so expect it be as light-hearted as it is academic Disclaimer #2: please do not proceed to read this blog post if you …
JC: Conservative management of chest trauma. St Emlyn’s
We have previously blogged on the topic of chest tube/drain management1. In one of our most widely read posts we argued that many pneumothoraces can be managed without a chest drain. When trained as a …
St Emlyn’s July round up podcast
. A quick round up of the best from the blog in July 29. Infinite Game theory and Emergency Medicine with Craig Ferguson http://www.stemlynsblog.org/only-a-game-infinite-game-theory-in-emergency-medicine/ Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest: Journal Club post (and a really important …
St Emlyn’s April 2018 blog and podcast round up.
Simon and Iain talk through what the team has been up to in April. All the blogs should be on the website and of course you can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or via …
JC: Don’t blame it on the Bougie. St Emlyn’s
Many years ago I did my CTR (the Clinical Topic Review*) for my FCEM exam on facilitating intubation in the C-spine immobilised patient. The actual CTR is lost in the mists of time, but the …
JC: Oxygen in the Acutely Unwell Patient. St Emlyn;s
When I started in medicine all resuscitation started with some form of supplemental oxygen. Whether that was by face mask, LMA or intubation, oxygen was the mainstay of initial treatment and you would even fail …