It was  a long day. After getting home from a late shift the night before, I was up at 4 to catch my 0530 train, and toddled off down to London. What, […]
Review: The Essence of Emergency Medicine Read More
I’m an APLS instructor & course director and have contributed various bits and bobs over the years and it’s a great course. I’d go further and say that it’s a
APLS weight estimation – don’t do it (well almost never). St.Emlyn’s Read More
If I think back to my practice a few years ago (as I’m getting older) there is no doubt that the number of CT scans I’ve performed from the ED
JC: Do paediatric CT scans cause cancer? St.Emlyn’s Read More
A few years back I picked up a book at the airport by a chap called Malcolm Gladwell, a rather famous writer it turns out and one familiar to many
So what do we mean by a miss exactly? Is it always a terrible thing and why is it that if we constantly miss diagnoses (we do you know) we
Emergency Medicine: A risky business part 6. How many steps to disaster? Read More
Many Emergency Physicians are deeply committed to education. Many will be also be instructors on life support courses. This will often be done in
Good news – AoME + GIC = Membership. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Thanks to Karim for a heads up on this one. Just a quick post this time, but another paper looking at the use of tranexamic acid in trauma and in
JC Cryo + TXA for trauma apparently it also MATTERS. St.Emlyn’s Read More
wikimedia This is a roller coaster journey for me. Many years ago Virchester ED was one of the first hospitals to start using Magnesium for the treatment of acute severe
Does Magnesium work in asthma? St.Emlyn’s Read More
