JC: Vitamin SCepTiC?
We all love the idea of a magic bullet for sepsis. Despite having had our fingers burnt here before (like this time, and this time and […]
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journal club
Top 10+1 trauma papers 2016-17. St.Emlyn’s
This week I am off to one of the most enjoyable conferences I can get to in the UK. The Trauma Care conference is usually held around the Midlands and
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JC: Intubate or not intubate? That is the question…
Clinical scenario: A multi-morbid, elderly patient with renal failure and recently diagnosed hyperkalaemia suffers a cardiac arrest in your busy resuscitation area before you can start appropriate treatment. You
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JC: Turn it Down to 11 – Benzos for Back Pain
The topic of lower back pain of undifferentiated origin is one that is close to my heart for at least two reasons. The first one is professional, as daily we
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Hypothermia in status epilepticus. St.Emlyn’s
It seems as though hypothermia is the therapy that never quite gets there. The Targeted Temperature Management1,2 trial showed no benefit post ROSC and the RINSE trial 3,4 showed no
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10+1 papers for the Northern Emergency Medicine conference. St.Emlyn’s
I had the honour to speak at the very first Northern Emergency Medicine conference back in 2014 (I think). I had a fantastic time and met so many enthusiastic and
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JC: The Impact of Rudeness on Medical Team Performance
I expect that some people will be offended by the image above. That’s the point though, images, attitudes, initial impressions are powerful drivers of how we feel and behave. What
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Prevalence of PE in patients with syncope
There is a bit of a buzz on social media at the moment​1​ about an interesting paper in the NEJM​2​ on the prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism in patients with syncope​3​.
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