JC: ED RSI – you can do it. St.Emlyn’s
If you follow my twitter feed, or the feed of the @stemlyns team then you will know that we are advocates of ED RSI. Our patients often present unexpectedly, in
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journal club
JC: Getting the Balance Right: The PROPPR Trial
Last week saw the publication of the results of the Pragmatic Randomised Optimal Platelet and Plasma Ratios (PROPPR) Trial by Holcomb et al. (et al. includes almost all of
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JC: What’s the ‘best’ test for a broken chest?
A 45 year old man comes off his motorbike on a country road. He is flagged up as major trauma and gets the full works, including WBCT. This reveals nothing
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JC: Intra-arterial treatment for Stroke
Here at St.Emlyn’s the whole team loves a good stroke trial as they always throw up controversies and concerns about methods, outcomes and our absolute favourite ‘statistics’. That said, although
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JC: PARAMEDIC trial m-CPR at St.Emlyn’s
In some ways you might be forgiven for thinking that 2014 was a bit disappointing in terms of EBM. A number of clinical trials that I’ve been looking forward
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JC – Just Checking: Do Follow-Up Phone Calls Reduce Reattendance to PED?
Lots of patients we see in the ED do not require hospital admission and this is especially true of the paediatric ED where children often attend with parents seeking advice for management
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JC: Is there any point teaching paramedics? St.Emlyn’s
OK, so it’s a provocative title, but it reflects my thoughts when I first saw this paper on teaching paramedics and in particular when I saw the conclusion. ‘….the evidence
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JC: When a subdural needs surgery in the elderly. St. Emlyn’s
The diagnosis and management of major trauma in the elderly is a really hot topic in Emergency Medicine right now. Compared to younger patients, the elderly can sustain much more serious
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