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Research in cardiac arrest management has improved a lot in recent years. We are now seeing large randomised controlled trials looking at specific therapies in the management of these critically …
Summer hols and quiet times for many of us at present, so apologies for lack of posts. There is always stuff going on in the background however, and several of …
Over the years we have talked a lot about risk on the St Emlyn’s blog and podcast. We might even argue that we have a little expertise in the area. …
Managing harm in the emergency department. St Emlyn’s Read More »
This week we have a nice paper that highlights some of the ongoing thoughts and controversies about the use of calcium in major haemorrhage protocols. Hopefully you’ve already read Iain’s …
More on Calcium and blood products in trauma. St Emlyn’s Read More »
Iain and Simon run through the best of the blog from June and July 2022.
We’ve reported on the RECOVERY trial several times already on the blog. It stands out as the most important trial of therapeutics in hospitalised patients with COVID19. In the last …
Baricitinib for hospitalised COVID19 patients. St Emlyn’s Read More »
As several of you may know already, I’ve been spending a lot more time in the pre-hospital environment in the last few years. Despite many years working in busy emergency …
The EXIT study extrication consensus statements. St Emlyn’s Read More »
Just tell me what I need to do! OK! Follow this link: JLA PSP Refresh Prioritisation Survey (surveymonkey.co.uk) or use this QR code. Tell me more about this James Lind …
As someone who works across both PEM and adult EM it’s interesting to reflect on how the workload varies. These days my adult work is heavily skewed to complex majors …
The day opened with a sobering plenary about climate change. During the morning concurrent, I attended the Disaster session. Practitioners from around the world shared experiences and lessons from disaster …