CODA update and links. St Emlyn’s
As it’s the Easter weekend we will keep this brief as we hope that you are taking the opportunity to reflect on an incredibly challenging year with family and friends …
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CODA: Revolutionary Healthcare Ideas.
For many of us the SMACC conferences were the highlight of the education year. For 6 years the team challenged dogma and changed the world of medical conferences for ever, …
SMACC Day 1 Afternoon Sessions: St Emlyn’s
We didn’t get lost at lunchtime and managed to make it back into the auditorium for the afternoon session. The morning was absolutely incredible (you can see Simon’s post here) …
SMACC Day 1 Morning Sessions: St Emlyn’s
It’s great to be back in Sydney for the final SMACC conference. The team have travelled from across the world to join the SMACC family back where it all started …
Responsibly volunteering overseas
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived …
The future of medical publishing. St.Emlyn’s
The future of medical publishing is uncertain. In Dublin this year I was delighted to take part in a stage debate with some amazing luminaries from around the world …
Sci-Hub. The pirate future of medical publishing? St.Emlyn’s.
It’s 3am in resus and you are trying to save the life of a young man. He has been brought to the ED after collapsing in a nightclub and he …
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For the Record: Can Patients Record Clinical Consultations?
Somewhere in the ITV archives is television footage of me, on my first day in the PED as an ST3 doctor, assessing a child with a scald in resus. I …
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Ethical dilemmas in Emergency Medicine 4: The ethics of triage
It’s been a while since we published our last ‘Ethical Dilemmas’ post at St. Emlyn’s. Hopefully you’ve already seen the other posts in this series but, if not, you should …
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An Introduction to the Breathless Patient in the ED
Patients with “shortness of breath” are a challenge in the ED. Shortness of breath can be a frightening presenting complaint for both patients and doctors. When you think about it, …
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