Lactate = LactHATE
Like many others who attended SMACC earlier this year I returned home dazed and confused about the significance of lactate in the septic patient. Â So like any good (aspiring […]
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Major Trauma – Have your say on the NICE guidance for Major Trauma
A draft of the NICE guidance on assessment and management of major trauma was released this morning for stakeholder consultation. If you work in a major trauma centre, in a trauma
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JC: EAST – Let’s Be Blunt About ED Thoracotomy
You may have heard it said that the hardest thing about performing a resuscitative thoracotomy is the decision to do it. You may also have heard it said that the above statement
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John Hinds: Crack the Chest. Get Crucified.
John’s great talk from #smaccUS. Watch this and remember why he will be missed. Thanks to Oli Flower and the SMACC team for getting this up and available so soon
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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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New kids on the block. 2015 APLS trauma updates.
The Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) is, in my opinion at least, a great course. Covering paediatric life support, serious illness and injury it’s got a good reputation and is
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Opiate Overdose in the Emergency Department
Listen to the podcast on the management of Opiate OD in the ED by clicking on the link below. Opiate overdose is a common presentation to the ED. It has
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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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