Tag: Emergency Medicine
Emergency care research: top tips on how to get involved. St Emlyn’s
Coauthored with Edd Carlton (@EddCarlton) and Samantha Jones The COVID-19 pandemic has largely been a difficult time for us all. However, one positive has been the speed at which research has influenced clinical practice. Emergency …
Major Incidents- There’s now a new app for that too
Editorial note: This blog details an app developed by Pete Hulme and colleagues. Although this is now a commercial product we think the origin story, development path and product may be of interest to the …
POCUS for COVID19 – Sounding out a Virus
Written by Anna Colclough, Nick Mani, Rachel Liu & Cian McDermott Edited by Cian McDermott @cianmcdermott We had a super interactive RCEM Clinical Leaders Point-of-Care Ultrasound Zoom call on Thursday April 23 2020. This session …
When the plants fight back
Although the blog and podcast have been dominated by COVID-19 over the last few weeks there are always more things to learn beyond virology…. A man in his mid forties (although he looks much younger) …
Covid19: Induction materials for docs redeployed to Emergency Medicine. St Emlyn’s
I think everyone is struggling with staffing issues at the moment. A combination of sickness and self isolation is decimating staffing rota in EDs around the world. Use these resources to share with those coming …
Combatting COVID19 – Is Lung Ultrasound an Option?
Written by Dr Cian McDermott, Emergency Physician & Director of Emergency Ultrasound Education, Mater University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland | @cianmcdermott Reviewed by Dr Rachel Liu, Emergency Physician & Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Education, Yale School …
Covid 19 preparations in Virchester. St Emlyn’s
The blog and podcast has been a bit quiet recently as we’ve been focused on the preparations for Corona virus1 in the UK and around the world. These are our abbreviated thoughts on where we …
PEWCs: Sim training for coronavirus (and more). St Emlyn’s
Although we don’t talk about it much on the blog, one of the major research interests in Virchester is in the management of major incidents. Over the years we’ve published extensively on the epidemiology and …
A decade in review for Emergency Care. St Emlyn's
I hope you’ve had a very happy Christmas/holiday period, and that work hasn’t been too intense for you. As we close out 2019, we’re looking forward to a new decade of Emergency Medicine here in …
#RCEMasc 2019 Day 3
The RCEM annual scientific conference was over too quickly. We had a great time. Here’s the summary from the final day.