A review of the 2026 AHA/ACC multi-society guideline on acute pulmonary embolism, covering its A–E clinical categories, diagnostic approach, treatment and follow-up. The article considers the changes alongside UK practice and explains where the author sees their greatest relevance.
Twenty-one years of London’s Air Ambulance data offer a closer look at prehospital resuscitative thoracotomy. This appraisal examines survival, timing and the distinction between tamponade and exsanguination, alongside the limits of applying an observational study from a mature urban service elsewhere.
The Sub30 study tested whether a London prehospital team could establish extracorporeal CPR within 30 minutes of cardiac arrest. This appraisal examines the logistical lessons, the small patient group and the distinction between demonstrating feasibility and showing a survival benefit.
Pre Hospital Extracorporeal CPR (ECPR) in the UK: The Sub30 study Read More
Chris Bishop discusses the emerging use of VA ECMO for cardiovascular failure after trauma in this Tactical Trauma 2024 podcast. The interview considers patient selection after haemorrhage control, bleeding risks and the limited experience available to guide this approach.
Podcast – ECMO in Trauma with Chris Bishop at Tactical Trauma 24 Read More
Final day here at the Intensive Care Society State of the Art Congress, and although it’s a shorter day there is still a huge amount of variety on the menu,
Intensive Care Society #SOA23 – Day 3 Read More
We’re back for the second day of the Intensive Care Society Sate of the Art Congress here in Birmingham! Yesterday was great and we learnt a lot with loads of
Intensive Care Society #SOA23 – Day 2 Read More
We love a jolly @StEmlyns and true to form we were off to the UK Intensive Care Society State of the Art conference this week in Birmingham. This is always
Intensive Care Society #SOA23 – Day 1 Read More
Bradycardia in the trauma patient can be a perilous sign. One might observe a typical course of events in which a bleeding trauma patient progresses through the compensatory mechanisms in
What is the Bezold-Jarisch Reflex and why do I care?! St Emlyn’s Read More
