The press in the UK get rather a bad, well, press. According to Hugh Grant and others the media has rather a lot to answer for, whether it’s phone hacking […]
St Emlyn’s at the London Trauma Conference – Day 1 Read More
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) from the UK has just published new recommendations for the use of high sensitivity troponin to rule out NSTEMI in the
New NICE high sensitivity troponin guidance: 3 hours and done? Read More
This post is part of our continuing induction podcast series, designed to guide you through the common conditions we see in the department and to help you avoid common pitfalls.
Syncope at St Emlyns Read More
Recently we published part one of our series on cardiac troponins.  If you haven’t checked it out yet, you can find it here. In the second part, we’re going to
High sensitivity troponin Read More
Patients with “shortness of breath” are a challenge in the ED. Shortness of breath can be a frightening presenting complaint for both patients and doctors. When you think about it,
An Introduction to the Breathless Patient in the ED Read More
Do you remember when it took three days to ‘rule in’ or ‘rule out’ an acute myocardial infarction (AMI)? When I was a medical student doing my first clinical attachments,
Cardiac Troponin: The basics from St. Emlyn’s Read More
It is a little known fact that to be successful as an emergency physician in the UK it is vital to take a three month rotation in Archery. Archery is
The Archers of the Emergency Department. St.Emlyn’s Read More
If you’ve not found it yet then don’t forget to follow the St.Emlyn’s podcast. You can find us on iTunes here (please say something nice) and there are quite a
St.Emlyn’s the podcast Read More
