So, JC time again. Today, someone chose this paper from CCM regarding antibiotic monotherapy compared against an empirical combination strategy for treatment of severe sepsis. So hot off the press […]
JC: Blunderbuss antibiotics in sepsis?? Read More
A new study in the BMJ this week suggests benefit from use of the new oral anticoagulants. This is of significance to those of us in UK emergency medicine involved in
The new oral anticoagulants – the good news – or is it? Read More
Interesting article in the BMJ this week about the crisis in recruitment and staffing in UK emergency departments. You can read the text here. Written by an independent journalist it
A career in Emergency Medicine part 2 (b) Read More
It seems like everyone is talking about the SMACC conference in Sydney next year, so it’s time that St.Emlyn’s joined the party. Next March (11-13th) SMACC represents a coming together
Last Friday (30th November) we looked at the paper below in both the physical and virtual journal clubs of St Emlyn’s: It doesn’t take a great leap of imagination
JC: Trends in CT/MRI for Atraumatic Headache in the US Read More
By now, we all are thoroughly convinced as to the benefit of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest. (if you don’t do this in your hospital, you really should not be seeing
Getting Chilly Quickly 2…. Early hypothermia for ROSC? Read More
So, I am back to rainy Northern England after my exotic travels to Cameroon and Gran Canaria (note: I still managed to join Twitter JC every Friday!) to find a
JC: Gut feeling about serious paeds infections Read More
Welcome back to the 4th part of the series looking at understanding risk and diagnosis in Emergency Medicine. In part 3 we looked at how tests with apparently high sensitivities
Emergency Medicine: A risky business Part 4 Read More
