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
(Ed – there are two parts to this post. The slightly tongue in cheek beginning and a more serious endpiece that addresses the very real and very dangerous issues of
Studying for FCM (Fellow of Corridor Medicine) at St.Emlyn’s Read More
Here at St.Emlyn’s the whole team loves a good stroke trial as they always throw up controversies and concerns about methods, outcomes and our absolute favourite ‘statistics’. That said, although
JC: Intra-arterial treatment for Stroke Read More
In some ways you might be forgiven for thinking that 2014 was a bit disappointing in terms of EBM. A number of clinical trials that I’ve been looking forward
JC: PARAMEDIC trial m-CPR at St.Emlyn’s Read More
One of the most awesome developments at St. Emlyn’s over the last year or so has been the St. Emlyn’s events that we’ve started running.  The godfather of #FOAM himself, Joe
#MedEd: The Future’s Bright. The Future’s #Social Read More
