Last week saw the publication of the results of the Pragmatic Randomised Optimal Platelet and Plasma Ratios (PROPPR) Trial by Holcomb et al. (et al. includes almost all of […]
JC: Getting the Balance Right: The PROPPR Trial Read More
No conversation about the evolution of trauma care in the UK is complete without a mention of Karim Brohi, Vascular and Trauma Surgeon, Professor of Trauma Sciences, friend of St
Karim Brohi on Vascular Injury at the London Trauma Conference Read More
This blog post is based on a paper we’ve just had published in the Emergency Medicine Journal entitled: ‘The Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (MACS) decision rule: validation with a new
The MACS rule: a new user-friendly version Read More
Simon recently claimed his new favourite word is pleiotropic, and whilst I don’t want to get into a vocab competition, I offer my own new favourite word: ultracrepidarianism. This
You are not a SHOEMAKER. St.Emlyn’s Read More
A 45 year old man comes off his motorbike on a country road. He is flagged up as major trauma and gets the full works, including WBCT. This reveals nothing
JC: What’s the ‘best’ test for a broken chest? Read More
In 2014, as in 2013, the SMACC conference arguably ended where it all began, in the roots of resuscitation, with clinical teams coming together to resuscitate and compete against the
SIMWARS: Med-U-Tainment at SMACCGold with St.Emlyn’s Read More
Pleiotropic might just be my favourite new word, thus overtaking November’s great word ‘Glyptotek’ (Danish for Sculpture museum). I digress. Pleiotropic is a word used to describe the ability of
JC: Progesterone’s pleiotropic failure in head injury. St.Emlyn’s Read More
 We frequently get asked to do a little bit more in the ED. Over the years, we have been asked to screen for lots of conditions that may be opportunistically
Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening in the ED Read More
