Tag: FOAMed
Psychological performance in the resus room. Ashley Liebig at #stemlynsLIVE
This talk focuses on how we can optimise our psychological performance in critical care situations, the type of situations that Simon describes as Time Critical, Information light. The Audio is available below, or watch the …
Clot’s the Problem? Vena Cava filters in trauma patients. St Emlyn’s
No one likes getting a pulmonary embolism. Or a deep vein thrombosis. And because about 60% of all blood clots are associated with hospitalisation for acute illness1, we take the idea of prophylaxis very seriously. …
The great day paradox. St.Emlyn’s
I started thinking and writing this blog about 2 years ago, but I’d not really been happy with understanding how I feel about it. More recently I’ve been asked to prepare a talk for the …
GI Emergencies – Chris Gray at #StEmlynsLIVE
I was really privileged to give a talk on upper GI/gastrointestinal emergencies last year at St Emlyn’s LIVE. You can read more on the overwhelming impostor syndrome I felt standing there not only with, but …
Similar challenges, different approaches – Mass Casualty Incident training lessons from Pakistan. St Emlyn’s
A little while ago I reported from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma’s meeting – specifically covering the management of major – or mass casualty – incidents (MCI). Many similar themes stood out …
JC: Can we really use IO blood for analysis? St Emlyn’s
For as long as I can remember I’ve been told that it is possible to analyse marrow from an intra-osseous (IO) needle. It’s been taught on lots of APLS courses I’ve attended (Ed – in …
JC: How events in emergency medicine impact doctors psychological well-being. St Emlyn’s
Ed – This blog by Laura Howard is based on her excellent work on the impact of events on emergency care clinicians. We hope that you read this alongside the other blogs and podcasts1 the …
JC: Traumatic Cardiac Arrest (TCA) podcast with Prof Jason Smith RN. St Emlyn’s
A few weeks ago we reviewed a paper on the management of traumatic cardiac arrest. That paper specifically looked at the role of closed chest compressions in traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA). I recently managed to …
Beyond ATLS with Alan Grayson at #stemlynsLIVE. St Emlyn’s
Another of our videos and podcasts from the #stemlynsLIVE conference. This month it’s Alan Grayson on the role of ATLS in trauma management. If you listen to the twittersphere then ATLS seems to have a …
SMACC2019: The Power of Peer Review
This blog is designed to support my talk at SMACCUltimate1. The conference is held in Sydney, Australia and sadly (Ed – very sadly) it’s likely to be the very last of the SMACC conferences. The …