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?
Make it SNAPpy! Paracetamol overdoses in teenagers Read More
Autumn is here, and winter is on its way. In children with gastroenteritis, should we be prescribing take-home doses of ondansetron?
Gastroenteritis in children: should we be sending them home with ondansetron? Read More
From St Emlyn’s journal club: are we overtreating sepsis? US study finds 87% received unnecessary or overly broad antibiotics in ED.
JC: Are we overtreating suspected sepsis with broad-spectrum antibiotics? Read More
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
JC: Ketamine or Midazolam as first choice for Paediatric Status Epilepticus? St Emlyn’s Read More
Can children with abdominal pain, vomiting, or tenderness avoid CT? We review PECARN’s latest insights into low-risk paediatric trauma.
Evaluating the PECARN Abdominal Trauma Rule in the grey zone…. Read More
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.
Top 10 trauma/resus papers for IFEM 2025 Read More
Review the publication from London’s Air Ambulance of their fascinating data on the survivability from resuscitative thoracotomy. @stemlyns #FOAMed
This feasibility study described the delivery of ECMO CPR (ECPR) for the first time in the UK
Pre Hospital Extracorporeal CPR (ECPR) in the UK: The Sub30 study Read More
