Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medicine part 3: Is Primum non nocere timeless or ridiculous?
If you haven’t been following this series, you can also find part 1 and part 2 on the blog. Part 3: Primum, non nocere When I was a green young […]
Emergency Medicine
Dystonia in the Emergency Department. St Emlyn’s
I’m sure we’ve all seen cases like this. A 25 year old lady walks in to the ED complaining of a swollen tongue. She can’t really talk, seems a bit
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Who’s That Girl? Impostor Syndrome at #SMACCGold
I want to let you into a secret. I’m an impostor. OK, that’s not quite true. I’m a 34-year-old (shock!) Emergency Medicine trainee with a penchant for karaoke and
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JC. ROTEM for ED coagulopathy detection. St.Emlyn’s
Coagulopathy is well known to be a significant issue in the ED. There is increasing awareness that the early awareness, detection and management of coagulation problems is important for ED
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JC: Rapid update on the resus pearls of 2013. St.Emlyn’s
Two papers on the prepublication list at the Resuscitation Journal. The first is open access (#FOAMed), and both are worth a read. There are some great resus pearls in here.
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JC: What has an awesome NNT of 5.8 for severe sepsis? St.Emlyn’s
Last week we saw the publication of the ProCESS study suggesting that protocolised treatment of sepsis makes little difference to outcome. A little earlier we heard that cooling to 33C
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Marginal gains, Matt Parker, F1 and the ED. St.Emlyn’s
Are you looking for the next big thing in resuscitation? Are you seeking the next miracle drug, technique, algorithm that will save your patient? Of course you are. You are
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JC: Is Early Goal Directed Therapy dead? St.Emlyn’s
 Gosh, hardly a day goes by in the world of FOAMed without another tweet alerting me to the wonders of research. Today is no exception and despite being here at
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