I recently sat the Diploma in Immediate Care and thought I would share with you some of the things I learned along the way and some of the resources I …
The Diploma in Immediate Medical Care. Hints and Tips from St Emlyn’s Read More »
This blog is designed to support my talk at SMACCUltimate​1​. The conference is held in Sydney, Australia and sadly (Ed – very sadly) it’s likely to be the very last …
I have a confession to make – I once requested a whole body CT (WBCT) in a paediatric patient. [Yes, yes, I know!] To be fair, we didn’t know he …
Journal Club – Trauma CT in Paediatric Patients Read More »
Here in Virchester we place great emphasis on relieving suffering in our patients. Part of doing that involves reducing the pain many of our patients experience. This seems particulaly important …
JC: Intranasal Ketamine vs. Fentanyl for kids. St. Emlyn’s Read More »
This post, detailing my reflections on clinical retrieval medicine, is the fourth in a series recording my reflections on the twelve months I spent working for Sydney HEMS1 in prehospital and …
101 Reflective Lessons from a Year with Sydney HEMS. Part Four: More Clinical Read More »
You might not have spotted that the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN)1 published an updated report on paediatric trauma last week. You can find the full document here 2.This …
Today, to much excitement, we saw the release of the NICE major trauma guidance.  Nat did an excellent review of the draft guidance, which you can read here. We now …
Robocop gets the NICE 2016 major trauma treatment. St.Emlyn’s Read More »
Ross Fisher, consultant paediatric surgeon from Sheffield UK explains why paediatric surgeons may not be best placed to lead paediatric trauma teams.
