Selected learning from the English-language track of the 11th emergency medicine congress in Graz in 2024. This report covers cardiac arrest, trauma, sepsis and ultrasound, alongside reflections on research, teaching and learning from mistakes.
11th Kongress der Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Notfallmedizin Read More
Does combining vitamin C, hydrocortisone and thiamine improve outcomes in septic shock? This 2020 appraisal of ACTS examines its organ dysfunction endpoint, the lack of a demonstrated benefit and how patient selection and treatment in the control group affect interpretation.
What did HALT-IT establish about tranexamic acid for gastrointestinal bleeding? This 2020 appraisal examines the lack of a mortality benefit and the increased venous thromboembolism and seizure signals, alongside questions about recruitment, treatment timing and the trial’s primary outcome.
JC: Halt! It’s not time for TXA! Or is it? HALT-IT results at St Emlyn’s Read More
Salim Rezaie joins the 28 April 2020 COVID-19 journal club, with the recording and paper list collected here. The discussion centres on thrombosis, alongside early reports on awake proning, antibody testing, hospital outcomes and falling acute coronary syndrome admissions.
COVID-19: Journal Club #3 – The Webinar Read More
An April 2020 review of ten COVID-19 papers, covering lung injury, service capacity, biomarkers, antibody testing and population surveillance. It also examines lung ultrasound, hydroxychloroquine and protection in refugee camps, separating promising ideas from evidence that was still preliminary.
COVID-19 Journal Club: The Director’s Cut #2 Read More
Notes from day two of Critical Care Reviews 2020, covering ROSE, CITRIS-ALI and BIRDS, alongside editorial perspectives and the John Hinds Memorial Lecture. These conference highlights signpost research and discussion rather than providing full critical appraisals of every paper.
JC: Critical Care Reviews day 2. #CCR20. St Emlyn's Read More
Did adding vitamin C and thiamine to hydrocortisone improve outcomes in septic shock? This 2020 VITAMINS appraisal examines a randomised comparison that found no improvement in its primary vasopressor-free-time outcome, while discussing the contrast with earlier observational claims and remaining questions about timing and patient selection.
A review of the first UK Resuscitology course in Manchester, using challenging cases to examine how teams think and act during resuscitation. The article introduces STEPS and GPAS analysis, connects them with the Zero Point Survey and shares visual summaries of the learning.
Resuscitology UK course review. St Emlyn's Read More
