Dutch HEMS from wikipedia We all love helicopters, don’t we 🙂 We love the idea of swooping from the sky to save a patient at the moment of near death […]
JC: HEMS doesn’t work – at least not for the Dutch Read More
I am delighted to have another guest blogger at St.Emlyn’s. If you are FOAM +ve you will already know Damian who has done sterling work to promote learning through social
NHS Change day, FOAM in action with Damian Roland Read More
Just a quick post in reply to the post on Academic Life in Emergency Medicine where Michelle Lin and colleagues described how to remove a Tungsten ring by crushing it
The undertaker’s ring method. St.Emlyn’s Read More
When I give training workshops for the student charity Medsin one of my favourite sessions is conflict resolution. Don’t get me wrong – I am no more capable of giving a
Making Feedback More Than Just Noise Read More
A guest blog from an old friend and colleague from the the other side of the Pennines. Andy Volans is consultant in Emergency Medicine in the seaside town of Scarborough,
Are you sure that’s allergic?? Angioedema in Scarbrough Read More
It’s that time of year again, when we proclaim peace and goodwill to all, light up our homes with crazy Christmas lights, plaster the walls with Christmas cards, drink mulled
Christmas 2012 style: Away in a Resus Trolley, No Crib for a Bed Read More
We already know that patients taking warfarin are at very high risk of intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) after head injury, and that delayed bleeds aren’t so uncommon either. Â In fact, we’ve
JC: Clopidogrel + head injury = CT? Read More
As 2012 draws to a close I have reflected with the St.Emlyn’s team on a year that has transformed our view of social media, medical education, critical care and emergency
The #FOAMtastic 2012 top ten from St.Emlyn’s Read More
