Claire Bromley reflects on a 2018 medical elective in Cape Town’s emergency department and prehospital services. Alongside clinical learning, she describes the emotional demands of unfamiliar trauma care and the value of debriefing, supportive colleagues and retaining empathy when difficult cases leave a lasting impression.
South Africa as a Medical Student Elective. Read More
Why return to whole blood in major trauma? Zaf Qasim reviews the military experience, early civilian studies and practical challenges of introducing a whole-blood programme. This 2018 overview considers compatibility, storage and transfusion risks while acknowledging the limits of the evidence for civilian patients.
Whole Blood in Major Trauma – Everything old is new again Read More
Does early hypothermia improve outcomes after traumatic brain injury? This review of the 2018 POLAR trial examines its patient selection, cooling strategy and six-month neurological outcomes. It discusses the absence of demonstrated benefit in this population and why the findings cannot answer every question about rescue cooling.
JC: Hypothermia in brain injury: The POLAR trial. St Emlyn’s. Read More
Natalie May shares learning from the opening sessions of the 2018 FemInEM Ideas Exchange. Her reflections connect gender equity, racial and gender bias, uncertainty and the human experience of being a doctor, asking how listening to different stories can challenge assumptions and support more inclusive workplaces.
A FeminEM in NYC – Reflections from #FIX18 Part One Read More
Does cricoid pressure still have a place in rapid sequence induction? Simon Carley appraises a large 2018 randomised trial, weighing aspiration outcomes against difficulties with laryngoscopy. He also considers the limits of applying operating-theatre evidence to emergency department patients and groups excluded from the study.
JC: Cricoid Pressure and RSI, do we still need it? St Emlyn’s Read More
The August 2018 podcast roundup revisits learning from EMSA, clinical apps, biotin interference with troponin testing and the CESR route. Its written guide also links a review of intravenous fluids in critical illness and a discussion of moral injury in emergency and prehospital care.
Podcast – August 2018 Monthly Round Up Read More
Simon Carley sets out five approaches to resuscitation practice that require no new equipment: preparation with the Zero Point Survey, regular team updates, separating immediate care from strategic thinking, peer observation and hot debriefs. This St Emlyn’s Live 2018 talk focuses on how teams work together.
#stemlynsLIVE: Five free strategies to improve your resuscitation practice. St Emlyn’s Read More
This October 2018 announcement shares the programme for St Emlyn’s Live and the Teaching CoOp courses in Manchester. It also records the arrangements for streaming the conference through the St Emlyn’s YouTube channel.
#stemlynsLIVE programme update and Livestream. Read More
