We’ve been having debates about what fluids to use in trauma and sepsis for about as long as – well – about as long as we’ve had fluids. We’ve had quite a […]
JC: Plasma-lyte or Saline in Trauma? St. Emlyn’s Read More
If you’re an emergency physician practicing in the UK you may be a bit surprised to hear about a trial published this week looking at the use of open reduction
JC: Is surgical fixation of rib fractures ready for a comeback? St.Emlyn’s Read More
If you’ve read St.Emlyn’s before you will know that we adore any papers that challenge dogma and so it is that this week I came across this paper in the
JC: PROMMT Pre-hospital fluids for trauma – do they improve survival? Read More
Thanks to Karim for a heads up on this one. Just a quick post this time, but another paper looking at the use of tranexamic acid in trauma and in
JC Cryo + TXA for trauma apparently it also MATTERS. St.Emlyn’s Read More
There are a few blog posts that seem to stick in the mind more than others, and certainly ones that I direct colleagues back to on a regular basis. One
Perimortem C-section at St.Emlyn’s Read More
Dutch HEMS from wikipedia We all love helicopters, don’t we 🙂 We love the idea of swooping from the sky to save a patient at the moment of near death
JC: HEMS doesn’t work – at least not for the Dutch Read More
A few months back there was a short twitter conversation between (if I remember rightly) @adamchesters, myself and @karimbrohi about the use tranexamic acid for patients in the prehospital setting.
JC: Tranexamic Acid for Everyone? – St.Emlyn’s Read More
What’s my view? Well how am I supposed to know? Write a review Well how objective can I be? I like to wait to see how things turn out If
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest – Apply Some Pressure..? Read More
