The Art of War
Emergency medicine in the UK is frequently cited by the British media as being like a warzone, and with that in mind I delved back into one my favourite books. […]
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New kids on the block. 2015 APLS trauma updates.
The Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) is, in my opinion at least, a great course. Covering paediatric life support, serious illness and injury it’s got a good reputation and is
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Opiate Overdose in the Emergency Department
Listen to the podcast on the management of Opiate OD in the ED by clicking on the link below. Opiate overdose is a common presentation to the ED. It has
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JC: ED RSI – you can do it. St.Emlyn’s
If you follow my twitter feed, or the feed of the @stemlyns team then you will know that we are advocates of ED RSI. Our patients often present unexpectedly, in
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JC: Getting the Balance Right: The PROPPR Trial
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
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Karim Brohi on Vascular Injury at the London Trauma Conference
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
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The MACS rule: a new user-friendly version
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
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You are not a SHOEMAKER. St.Emlyn’s
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
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