Tag: Emergency Medicine
Prolonged Field Care…in the ED. St Emlyn’s
The practice of military emergency medicine and civilian emergency medicine frequently overlap, often in a symbiotic relationship1,2. The hard-won lessons from the operational environment are often incorporated into civilian practice time and time again (triage, …
SMACC Day 3 Afternoon Sessions: St Emlyn’s
It’s the final SMACCdown here at Sydney, and we couldn’t be more sad. We’ve seen so many old friends, made so many new ones and had a chance to reconnect with colleagues and enhance our …
Smacc Day 3: Morning sessions. St Emlyn’s
After a rather spectacular SMACC party involving the usual mix of dancing, music and Karaoke we are back at the ICC for day 3. Practitioners advocating for humanity. You’ve probably heard of Esther Choo through …
Lessons from a South African ED. Kat Evans at #stemlynsLIVE
Last year we were honoured to bring Kat Evans to Manchester to talk at the #stemlynsLIVE conference. We’ve covered emergency medicine in South Africa before on the blog1–9, but there is no substitute to hearing …
Podcast: November 2018 round up St Emlyn’s
November was a busy month for the St Emlyn’s team with a variety of blogs on conferences, EBM, philosophy and education. Here’s the podcast and the links to the blogs mentioned in November. Click on …
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 …
Breaking down tribalism. #onetribeEMTA St Emlyn’s
This is the basic script that supported my presentation, “Breaking Down Tribalism”. I recently presented this at EMTA2018, the Emergency Medicine Trainees Association conference in Cardiff. It is a privilege to be allowed to be …
Learning in the Social Age. St Emlyn’s at #EMERGE10
Learning in the social age. Implications for emergency medicine training, #FOAMed
South Africa as a Medical Student Elective: Claire Bromley
As a medical student undertaking a year-long placement in St Emlyn’s ED, I was kindly invited to write this post about my recent elective in Cape Town. I’m someone who’s a bit (very) keen on …
Everything old is new again – whole blood in the trauma bay – St Emlyn’s
One thing is clear from the military and civilian literature – hemorrhage kills1,2. Overall, 40-50,000 deaths per year in the US are preventable with appropriate hemorrhage control and resuscitation. The demographic of these victims is …