Ketamine vs Etomidate for Intubating Critically Ill Adults: What Does the RSI Trial Tell Us?
RSI trial ketamine vs. etomidate. No difference in outcome. Both cause cardiovascular instability.
journal club
Make it SNAPpy! Paracetamol overdoses in teenagers
Paracetamol poisoning is an uncommon, but not rare, event in children. The treatment of choice is NAC. Should we be giving them the SNAP protocol?
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Gastroenteritis in children: should we be sending them home with ondansetron?
Autumn is here, and winter is on its way. In children with gastroenteritis, should we be prescribing take-home doses of ondansetron?
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JC: Are we overtreating suspected sepsis with broad-spectrum antibiotics?
From St Emlyn’s journal club: are we overtreating sepsis? US study finds 87% received unnecessary or overly broad antibiotics in ED.
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JC: Ketamine or Midazolam as first choice for Paediatric Status Epilepticus? St Emlyn’s
Background Paediatric generalised convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE) are some thing we see a fair amount of in Virchester. Many are a result of febrile seizures, but as we are a
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Evaluating the PECARN Abdominal Trauma Rule in the grey zone….
Can children with abdominal pain, vomiting, or tenderness avoid CT? We review PECARN’s latest insights into low-risk paediatric trauma.
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Top 10 trauma/resus papers for IFEM 2025
Review the top 11 trauma and resuscitation trials discussed at ICEM 2025. Expert summaries and critical appraisals from St Emlyn’s cover transfusion strategies, airway management, oxygenation, fibrinogen, and more.
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JC: Pre Hospital Resuscitative Thoracotomy for Traumatic Cardiac Arrest – data from 21 years at London’s Air Ambulance
Review the publication from London’s Air Ambulance of their fascinating data on the survivability from resuscitative thoracotomy. @stemlyns #FOAMed