Cardiology Case 05: Detective work
It’s been a while since we shared a cardiology case but here’s a cracker for you. As usual, see our Caveats and Cautions. While these cases are based on our […]
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FOAMed
JC: Salt or Sugar? Hypertonic saline for head injury at St.Emlyn’s.
‘Why did you give Mannitol?’ asked the Registrar. ‘Hypertonic saline was the standard of care for head injury at St.Elsewhere and I was told it reduced mortality’. OK, so that’s
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Making ED Visits Easier for Children
Having attended the ICEM2016 conference in Cape Town a few days ago, I came across a new concept championed by PEM physicians from all over the world: the Paediatric Marketplace.
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Dancing in the purple rain: lessons for clinicians from Prince
This year has been a tough one for the loss of celebrities. We’ve lost some great people. It doesn’t seem two minutes since the world was mourning the great David
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The European Guideline on Management of Major Bleeding – are you in or out?
After my recent, hugely enjoyable, trip to Austria and attendance at the “notfallmedizin 2016” where, as well as doing a talk about FOAMed, I chaired a session on “Volume and
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JC: Arrested Developments. St.Emlyn’s
Good quality, practice-changing prehospital research is difficult to come by for a number of reasons, not least the fact that the standalone specialty itself is in relative infancy. Issues
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A Little Respect: Polarised Perspectives in the Emergency Department
The only assumption we, as healthcare professionals, should be making about one another in the workplace setting is that we are each aspiring to provide the very best care for
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JC: Why don’t we use dexamethasone for children’s asthma?
This post is written by Dr Niall Morris Prednisolone is about as tried and tested a treatment as we have in medicine. We all know how fantastic it is for
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