Tag: FOAMed
JC: Halt! It’s not time for TXA! Or is it? HALT-IT results at St Emlyn’s
If you’re any kind of emergency care aficionado, you probably worship at the altar of tranexamic acid (TXA). With data showing more favourable outcomes from its use in traumatic bleeding(1), post-partum haemorrhage(2), maybe traumatic brain …
COVID-19 Journal Club: The Director’s Cut #5
We have searched every COVID-19 publication, and summarised the literature of everything published in the last week. We have highlighted those papers that will be of interest to EM clinicians on the front line. This …
COVID Journal Club #8 – The Webinar. Thursday 18th 11am BST
We took a well earned break last week from the weekly Covid19 webinar and journal club, but we are back on Thursday with 51–5+1 papers to keep us all thinking about how we use science …
May 2020 round up podcast
It’s been another month of Covid complexity and more. I got together with Iain Beardsell to talk through the highlights of the month on the blog and podcast. Much has changed in May. We are …
The RECOVERY platform trial: No benefit to Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19. St Emlyn’s
We’ve talked about the RECOVERY trial on the blog and podcast before. This is a UK based platform trial (more on this later) looking at patients admitted to hospital with Covid-19. It’s an open label …
Major Incidents- There’s now a new app for that too
Editorial note: This blog details an app developed by Pete Hulme and colleagues. Although this is now a commercial product we think the origin story, development path and product may be of interest to the …
Review: Horizon 2020: What’s the Matter with Tony Slattery?
It isn’t often that we review a television programme on St Emlyn’s. In fact I think this may be the first time, but I was so struck by this film and the valuable learning points …
COVID Journal Club #7 – The Webinar
Welcome to our seventh webinar and journal club reviewing recent research and featuring COVID-19 updates, hosted by the University of Manchester, Manchester Royal Infirmary and Royal College of Emergency Medicine in collaboration with St Emlyn’s. …
Covid-19 Journal Club: The Director’s Cut #4
We have searched every COVID-19 publication, and summarised the literature of everything published in the last fortnight. We have highlighted those papers that will be of interest to EM clinicians on the front line. This …
Purposefully Practicing for COVID-19
“When” not “if” Purposeful Practice? To purposefully practice you must:– Deliberately target specific skills during shifts, seizing opportunities to drill or do them for real. – Push yourself out of the comfort zone.– Seek immediate feedback or self-reflect on stuff that can …