A 2022 review of UK prehospital blood-product and calcium replacement protocols. The article explores variation between services, the limits of survey evidence and unanswered questions about calcium timing and dose, distinguishing associations with poor outcomes from evidence of treatment benefit.
More on Calcium and blood products in trauma. St Emlyn’s Read More
Iain and Simon review highlights from the St Emlyn’s blog in this combined June and July 2022 podcast round-up.
Podcast – June/July 2022 Monthly Round Up Read More
A 2022 review of the RECOVERY trial’s baricitinib comparison in hospitalised patients with COVID-19. It explains the adaptive trial design, examines 28-day mortality and considers the uncertainty about longer-term outcomes alongside other immunosuppressive treatments.
Baricitinib for hospitalised COVID19 patients. St Emlyn’s Read More
A critical look at the EXIT study’s 2022 consensus statements on extrication after road traffic collisions. The review considers self-extrication, gentle handling and time-critical care, alongside questions about expert selection and the modified Delphi process used to reach agreement.
The EXIT study extrication consensus statements. St Emlyn’s Read More
A 2022 appraisal of the FORCE trial comparing an offer of bandaging with rigid immobilisation for children’s distal radius buckle fractures. It examines pain outcomes, treatment preferences and how the trial design reflects conversations with children and families.
The FORCE study: St Emlyn’s Read More
Natalie May reports from day three of ICEM 2022 in Melbourne. Lessons from major incidents in Manchester, New Zealand, Beirut and Tonga sit alongside sessions on prehospital retrieval, human factors and shared leadership.
#ICEM22 Melbourne – Day 3 Read More
Natalie May shares learning from the first day of ICEM 2022 in Melbourne. Topics include global health and pandemic response, cardiac arrest research, resuscitation in settings with limited resources and the need to rethink trauma care for older patients.
#ICEM22 Melbourne – Day 1 Read More
A 2022 journal club examining the LOVIT trial of intravenous vitamin C in ICU patients with sepsis receiving vasopressors. It reviews death and persistent organ dysfunction outcomes, and reflects on how early enthusiasm for a treatment should be tested by stronger evidence.
JC: Vitamin C and sepsis (again). St Emlyn’s Read More
