Explore essential critical care topics, including sepsis, respiratory failure, haemodynamic support, and trauma resuscitation. Our evidence-based posts provide practical guidance on managing critically ill patients in emergency and acute care settings.
Sometimes you just feel like a bit of a fool. Like today when I wrote the post below and then asked Dr May to have a look at it. Can […]
JC: There’s no jump with a precordial thump. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Many thanks to the twitter FOAMites for alerting us to an online first paper in the NEJM on the use of therapeutic hypothermia post cardiac arrest. If you’ve followed St.Emlyn’s
JC: What’s the target temperature for OOHCA cooling. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Major Trauma Protocols for transfusion in the emergency department are a good thing aren’t they? I certainly think so, it’s something we have instituted in both paediatric and adult practice.
JC: Major Transfusion Protocols – evidence or lack of? St.Emlyn’s Read More
If you’re an emergency physician practicing in the UK you may be a bit surprised to hear about a trial published this week looking at the use of open reduction
JC: Is surgical fixation of rib fractures ready for a comeback? St.Emlyn’s Read More
So you’ve done it. In a dazzling display of medical prowess worthy of a medical TV drama you have restored the dead to life! With scrupulous airway management, high quality
PCI for OOHCA with NSTEMI post ROSC? An acronym too far? Read More
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
Road to… Nowhere? ED Implications of the Liverpool Care Pathway Review Read More
It has been truly fascinating to look at the responses to the paper on use of the glidescope for trauma patients. The post looks at the paper from R Adams
JC: If the Video Laryngoscope was stroke thrombolysis……. St.Emlyn’s Read More
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ Although Britain and Ireland appear to be really rather fabulous at Rugby….thought I’d get that in there….., I do worry that we are falling behind the curve in terms
JC: Video Layngoscopy – Did Video kill the Laryngoscope star? Read More
