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What is the Bezold-Jarisch Reflex and why do I care?! St Emlyn’s
Bradycardia in the trauma patient can be a perilous sign. One might observe a typical course of events in which a bleeding trauma patient progresses through the compensatory mechanisms in response to shock. It is …
Reflections on 2021 from St Emlyn’s
We asked each of the St Emlyn’s team for their reflections on 2021. We hope you have enjoyed the blog and podcast his year. Thank you, as ever, for all your support. With all best …
Thinking pragmatically about capacity
Editor: This is a guest post by Simon Horne. It is likely one of the last posts from Virchester before the festive season properly commences. Take care and stay safe. Happy holidays everyone! Three jobs, …
November 2021 Podcast Round Up. St Emlyns
Iain is flying solo this month, with discussion about narrative story tellling, airway management in the ED and using pigtail catheters in management of haemothorax. We hope all you all have a very happy Christmas …
JC: Are CT scanners getting more sensitive at detecting SAH? St Emlyn’s
There is no doubt that sub-arachnoid haemorrhage is an important diagnosis in the emergency department. It is arguably especially important in the cohort of patients who present with lesser signs/symptoms as they are the group …
JC: More on pulse oximetry and racial bias. St Emlyn’s
This week we are reviewing a paper on the accuracy of pulse oximetry in patients being assessed for ECMO. This is an interesting group as they represent and extremely unwell group of patients where small …
October round up podcast. St Emlyn’s
Our regular round up of the October 2021 content from the blog and podcast at St Emlyn’s with Iain and Simon.
JC: Can we use smaller pigtail drains in traumatic haemothorax?
Back in 2016 we published a blog on chest drains and chest aspiration, in which we argued that the dogma of putting in huge drains for traumatic haemothoraces should be questioned. The dogma of using …
Learning from airway management in the ED: UK Perspective
This is the transcript for an invited talk at the recent Difficult Airway Society (DAS) 2021 virtual conference. It was lovely to be invited and great of the organisers to create a multidisciplinary opportunity for …
#EuSEM21 The power of stories in Emergency medicine education revisited.
This week I was lucky enough to attend the European Society of Emergency Medicine conference in Lisbon in person. It has been a wonderful experience to once again reconnect with people face to face. Since …