I’ve recently been spending a bit more time in the pre-hospital environment and it’s been interesting to compare practice there as compared to the emergency department. One theme has been …
JC: Fentanyl as an adjunct in RSI. Does it affect haemodynamic stability? St Emlyn’s Read More »
One of the things that Iain and I have discussed on the podcast recently is the concept of maintaining a balance in tough times. There is no doubt that at …
Maintaining a balance in tough times. St Emlyn’s Read More »
This week we have a nice paper that highlights some of the ongoing thoughts and controversies about the use of calcium in major haemorrhage protocols. Hopefully you’ve already read Iain’s …
More on Calcium and blood products in trauma. St Emlyn’s Read More »
Iain and Simon run through the best of the blog from June and July 2022.
We’ve reported on the RECOVERY trial several times already on the blog. It stands out as the most important trial of therapeutics in hospitalised patients with COVID19. In the last …
Baricitinib for hospitalised COVID19 patients. St Emlyn’s Read More »
As several of you may know already, I’ve been spending a lot more time in the pre-hospital environment in the last few years. Despite many years working in busy emergency …
The EXIT study extrication consensus statements. St Emlyn’s Read More »
As someone who works across both PEM and adult EM it’s interesting to reflect on how the workload varies. These days my adult work is heavily skewed to complex majors …
The story of vitamin C in sepsis is fascinating. There was a great deal of controversy around what became known as the Marik protocol (after Prof. Paul Marik). The protocol …
Our regular review of the blog and podcast from March/April 2022 with Simon and Iain. This month we saw the podcast pass over 1 Million downloads. Thanks to everyone out …
Defibrillation is a core skill in emergency medicine. Traditionally we are taught that an anterior-lateral (AL) placement of pads is preferable, although an anterior-posterior (AP) position can be used if …
JC: AP or AL position for cardioversion? St Emlyn’s Read More »