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In Pursuit of Excellence at #StEmlynsLive
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where-“ said Alice. …
JC: Cricoid Pressure and RSI, do we still need it? St Emlyn’s
This blog reviews the first large randomised controlled trial of cricoid pressure in emergency patients as published in JAMA Surgery, October 2018. Cricoid pressure is controversial. Although it has been taught in anaesthesia practice, since …
Podcast: August 2018 round up of the St Emlyn’s blog
A little later than planned, but here is the podcast round up of the St Emlyn’s blog for August 2018. The following blogs are discussed. Lessons learned at EMSA https://www.stemlynsblog.org/lessons-learned-at-emsa18/ Troponin and Biotin https://www.stemlynsblog.org/troponin-and-biotin-a-lethal-combination/ …
#stemlynsLIVE programme update and Livestream.
With just a few days to go the team is assembling in Manchester for the #stemlynsLIVE and #TTCManchester courses. You can download a pdf of the programme below, or you can download a copy from …
EMS Gathering review and podcast. St Emlyn’s
I recently travelled to the EMS gathering in Cork, Ireland1. This is a fantastic conference that brought together EMS clinicians from around the world to learn, share and have fun. This conference has been running …
We call it massiiiiiiivve. PE at St Emlyn’s
I have been asked to talk about the diagnosis of massive PE for the upcoming EUSEM congress in Glasgow this month. We have blogged on this before1, but it’s a thorny issue and one that …
World Sepsis Conference: #wsc18 an Online, Free, #FOAMed style conference this week. 5th/6th September.
There is no doubt that I love a conference. I’ll freely admit this. I love the travel, the connections and the opportunity to learn, but I also have anxieties about the inequality of conferences, notably …
Moral Injury in Emergency and Pre-hospital care. Esther Murray on St Emlyn’s podcast
This week we recorded a podcast inspired by a recent publication in the EMJ. Esther Murray aka @EM_Healthpsych is a psychologist working in London. You can listen the podcast by clicking on the link below. …
JC: Intravenous fluid therapy in critically ill adults (review). St Emlyn’s
The use of Intravenous fluid therapy and the controversies around them have been a theme of the blog from the very beginning. From the early days when evidence increasingly pointed to the harms of starch …
SMACC Sydney. Hope to see you there. St Emlyn’s
I’ve no doubt that you will have spotted that the next SMACC is in Sydney on 25-29th March 2019. Here at St Emlyn’s we are really excited about this and we’re planning our trips, talks …