Problems in Early Pregnancy – Induction
The number of patients seen in each ED with problems relating to early pregnancy in the UK is very variable – some hospitals have rapid referral pathways for patients who …
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St Emlyn’s at the London Trauma Conference – Day 1
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 …
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Induction – Chest Pain in the ED
Chest pain is the archetypal ED presentation: one which presents frequently and usually has a benign cause, but could, just could, be the result of life threatening pathology. As Emergency …
New NICE high sensitivity troponin guidance: 3 hours and done?
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 …
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Syncope at St Emlyns
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. …
High sensitivity troponin at St. Emlyn’s
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 …
An Introduction to the Breathless Patient in the ED
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, …
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Cardiac Troponin: The basics from St. Emlyn’s
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, …