Overconfidence in the ED
If you have ever worked as or with a doctor, you’ve probably encountered something called a multi-source feedback form, or a “360 appraisal”. It is part of the process for […]
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St.Emlyn’s
JC: Impact Brain Apnoea. St.Emlyn’s
I’ll keep this post brief. This is not a critical appraisal and it’s not a review. It’s an invite to read a paper I was honoured to help write on
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JC: Platelets for Intracranial Haemorrhage. St.Emlyn’s
The management of stroke is one of those topics that attracts a great deal of controversy in the #FOAMed world, and with good reason. The questions around the use of
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Managing Acute Behavioural Disturbance
A 31 year old gentleman is wheeled into your resuscitation room by two paramedics and four police officers. You were pre-alerted five minutes ago that you would be receiving an
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Time to Look Up? St.Emlyn’s
I am a big advocate of social media. Many of the best opportunities I have been given have been as a result of connections made online. I have learnt so
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An Englishman in South Africa: Robert Lloyd at St.Emlyn’s
The greatest honour of my career thus far is being asked to speak at ICEM 2016 in Cape Town. My talk was titled ‘A UK Trainee’s Lessons From the Western
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JC: Salt or Sugar? Hypertonic saline for head injury at St.Emlyn’s.
‘Why did you give Mannitol?’ asked the Registrar. ‘Hypertonic saline was the standard of care for head injury at St.Elsewhere and I was told it reduced mortality’. OK, so that’s
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Making ED Visits Easier for Children
Having attended the ICEM2016 conference in Cape Town a few days ago, I came across a new concept championed by PEM physicians from all over the world: the Paediatric Marketplace.
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