#dasTTC Copenhagen: Day 1. St.Emlyn’s
2 It’s a beautiful day in Copenhagen and even better for being the first day of the teaching course aka #dasTTC. The St.Emlyn’s team has supported the TTC for […]
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Emergency Medicine
Icatibant for ACE inhibitor induced angioedema
Patients presenting to the ED are tending to get older, have more co-morbidities and take more medications. As this happens, in my experience we seem to see more patients with
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Fake news, lies, fraud, errors and statistics. St.Emlyn’s
One of the most inspiring talks at SMACC Dub was delivered by John Carlisle on the subject of fraud in medical publishing. It was inspiring for many reasons, the topic
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JC: Those who can, do; those who teach, do better. St.Emlyn’s
I’ve always been somewhat irritated by that old adage that ‘Those that can do; those that can’t, teach’. Apart from the obvious intended insult to teachers (which is just rude),
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Dual Axis Defibrillation & #ResusFriday at St.Emlyn’s
This week we had one of our #ResusFridays organised by @kirstinEM , @drgarethroberts & Katie Jones in Virchester. This concept was inspired by our friends in Edinburgh who have run
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Mitchell’s plain, #badEM and my utmost respect. St.Emlyn’s.
This year we took our family Easter holiday in Southern Africa. Twelve amazing nights in Namibia followed by 3 in Cape Town and then (rather unexpectedly owing to a
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Are you PROcalcitonin? St.Emlyn’s goes bug-hunting.
At work the other day, someone mentioned that we could use procalcitonin to distinguish between viral and bacterial infections, particularly in the paediatric population. It was touted as the answer
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When is a Door Not a Door? Bias, Heuristics & Metacognition
This is an amended version of a talk on metacognition I gave at the Royal North Shore Hospital Grand Round. The clinical scenario has changed but the content remains the
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