There are many things I do which are stereotypically “British”: drinking tea, apologising instinctively (especially when it isn’t my fault), engaging in our national sport (queueing), becoming intensely irritated when other people fail to comply with the [unwritten] rules of our national sport (aka queue jumping) and, apparently, struggling to express positive perceptions about people. […]
When FOAM Doesn’t Wash
The following scenario is completely fictional although it is used to represent a real-life incident. All details have been changed. “Hey – you’ll want to know about this – you’re into that twitter thing, aren’t you?” your consultant colleague Dan asks as you stroll, coffee in hand, into the office on Monday morning. There’s […]
Road to… Nowhere? ED Implications of the Liverpool Care Pathway Review
If you haven’t seen recent UK media coverage of the review of the Liverpool Care Pathway I have to wonder where you’ve been. Nevertheless, I really don’t want to get involved in the historical facts and opinions surrounding the pathway itself – I want to know what the recent review article means for me as […]
Paediatric EM: Seeing Kids is Child’s Play at St Emlyn’s
I’ve been interested in Paediatrics for a long time (actually since I was a first year medical student, which makes it about thirteen years and makes me far older than I feel) so I’ll be the first to hold up my hands and admit I sometimes forget how utterly bewildering the medical world of small […]
Don’t Be Rash – Petechiae in Well Kids at St Emlyn’s
A 6-month-old girl is brought by mum to the ED with a cluster of non-blanching spots to her right lower leg noticed while bathing her. She has a mild cough and snotty nose but is otherwise well – there is no history of fever and she is feeding well without diarrhoea or vomiting and with […]
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