Isn’t it strange how the incidence of certain pathologies always seems to increase right after you’ve read up on them? Think about it for a moment. At teaching, someone …
The Illusion of Frequency. Baader-Meinhof storm St.Emlyn’s Read More »
When can and should we withdraw from continuing resuscitation in the ED? The standby phone rings: Post cardiac arrest patient, approximately 50. Intubated, BP 80/40, GCS 3. ETA 5 minutes. …
This week I’m talking at the RCEM conference in Leeds. It’s the CPD conference and so has a slightly different format to most ED conferences as there is a single …
Self-Actualisation and Transcendence in Emergency Medicine. St.Emlyn’s. #RCEMCPD16 Read More »
UK Emergency medicine was arguably founded by a group of emergency physicians on the 12th October 1967 (this, amazingly, also happens to be Cliff Reid’s birthday). The first president was …
UK Emergency Medicine’s midlife crisis. St.Emlyn’s. #RCEMCPD16 Read More »
An earlier version of this article was published around the time of the Teaching Course in New York last year. This week I’m talking at the RCEM conference in Leeds …
The pursuit of mastery through deliberate practice. St.Emlyn’s. #RCEMCPD16 Read More »
Another fine day in Virchester and another marvellous weekly Journal Club discussing Ketofol. I was unable to attend our traditional meeting (which ended a few minutes ago) as I was …
Is Ketofol the milk of human kindness for procedural sedation. St.Emlyn’s Read More »
The case: Let’s imagine a case, based on reality but essentially a thought experiment. You are working in the ED resus area when you receive a young unconscious patient from …
Can you unlock your unconscious patient’s mobile phone with their thumb? St.Emlyn’s Read More »
We can be a confused bunch when it comes to sepsis. Â We have seen definitions, debates and controversies as to how we treat and what we treat. Â Today a new …
Holy Smokes! Batman, the SOFA and the Latest Sepsis Definitions Read More »
