This is just a quickie to support some local teaching in Virchester on ‘chest drain’ insertion, or ‘intercostal drains’ if you prefer additional consonants or ‘chest tubes’ if you are […]
Chest drains & aspiration: Do it better with St.Emlyn’s Read More
The management of traumatic cardiac arrest has been a popular topic over the past few years and featured in numerous social media and conferences. We’ve talked about here at St.Emlyn’s
JC: Push or Cut? Traumatic Cardiac Arrest Read More
The whole body CT has become a commonplace strategy for trauma in the UK. When a trauma patient is in your emergency room, it’s a quick and accurate detection method
JC: Do we always need a whole body CT in trauma? St.Emlyn’s Read More
I’ll keep this post brief. This is not a critical appraisal and it’s not a review. It’s an invite to read a paper I was honoured to help write on
JC: Impact Brain Apnoea. St.Emlyn’s Read More
‘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
JC: Salt or Sugar? Hypertonic saline for head injury at St.Emlyn’s. Read More
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
The European Guideline on Management of Major Bleeding – are you in or out? Read More
Today, to much excitement, we saw the release of the NICE major trauma guidance. Nat did an excellent review of the draft guidance, which you can read here. We now
Robocop gets the NICE 2016 major trauma treatment. St.Emlyn’s Read More
London Trauma Conference review with St.Emlyn’s ECMO REBOA prehospital care and air ambulance work
London Trauma Conference #LTC2015 – Day Three Read More
