PEM Review – PEMLit at #IAEM15
This week I was honoured to present a “blast talk” at the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine Conference in Cork. I love the idea of blast talks – quick fire, […]
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Information Overload – Keeping Up-To-Date at #RCEM15
This might be a familiar sight to you – this is the mail tray of one of my colleagues. I usually get my EMJs out of the wrapper but only
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JC The REVERT trial: Dip or doom for SVT in the Emergency Department?
SVT (supraventricular tachycardia)Â is something we see a lot of in Emergency Medicine. Â Any emergency physician will tell you exactly how satisfying it is to treat a patient with SVT. Â There
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JC: Don’t Write off the Respiratory Rate – Part Two
So, now we know what to do with an unexplained abnormal respiratory rate in a baby – but how do we know what constitutes an abnormal respiratory rate? That’s the
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JC: Don’t Write off the Respiratory Rate – Part One
Two really interesting PEM-relevant papers appeared online first in Archives of Disease in Childhood in July – and happy days, both are FOAM! What’s great about these papers is how
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JC: Gadgets and Gizmos for gaining IV access in kids. St.Emlyn’s
If you have heard the St.Emlyn’s team talk about innovation then you will know that we have a healthy scepticism for technology. Technology is great of course and we love
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JC: Pain free PASTIES in the ED. St.Emlyn’s
We are big fans of analgesia in Virchester. Pain is an important reason why patients come to the ED (though not the only reason see this), and managing pain should
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JC: Getting Chilly Quickly 4. Doing It For The Kids
We have looked at therapeutic hypothermia not once, not twice, but three times already here at St Emlyn’s;Â most of our ED consultants also work, at least some of the time,
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