A collection assembled in April 2020 for doctors redeployed into emergency medicine during COVID-19. It brings together RCEM and St Emlyn’s induction resources, pandemic material and open-access books to support clinicians entering the ED for the first time or returning after a gap.
Covid19: Induction materials for docs redeployed to Emergency Medicine. St Emlyn’s Read More
A March 2020 exploration of lung ultrasound in suspected COVID-19, from scanning patterns and interpretation to equipment cleaning and training. Cian McDermott examines the emerging evidence and practical tradeoffs, including staff exposure, alternative diagnoses and the limits of using ultrasound in isolation.
Combatting COVID19 – Is Lung Ultrasound an Option? Read More
A March 2020 account of preparing an emergency department for COVID-19. The Virchester team discusses leadership, PPE and simulation training, staffing, difficult conversations and service capacity, showing how local plans developed while the likely scale and course of the outbreak remained uncertain.
Covid 19 preparations in Virchester. St Emlyn’s Read More
How can teams rehearse a new clinical pathway without a mannequin or simulated casualty? This February 2020 introduction to Practical Exercises Without Casualties uses a suspected coronavirus scenario to explore in-situ planning, communication and decision-making, with prompts that can be adapted to other situations.
PEWCs: Sim training for coronavirus (and more). St Emlyn’s Read More
An introduction to St Emlyn’s review of emergency care in the 2010s. It brings together reflections on diagnostics and advanced clinical practitioners, while outlining planned contributions on education, wellbeing, equity, training and the changing assumptions behind everyday practice.
A decade in review for Emergency Care. St Emlyn's Read More
The final day of RCEM’s 2019 scientific conference brought together cardiac arrest research, medical education and clinicians’ working lives. This report covers AIRWAYS-2 and PARAMEDIC-2, podcasting, proposed curriculum changes and research into fatigue and the need for recovery.
Day two of RCEM’s 2019 scientific conference ranged from frailty and palliative care to research, leadership and working patterns. The St Emlyn’s team reports on clinical learning alongside practical discussions about annualised rotas, supportive handovers and sustainable emergency medicine careers.
The St Emlyn’s team reports from the opening day of RCEM’s 2019 scientific conference in Gateshead. Highlights include listening to parents’ concerns, paediatric ultrasound, concussion, early warning scores and the importance of sharing emergency medicine knowledge across countries.
#RCEMasc 2019 Day 1: St Emlyn’s goes north! Read More
