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
On 7th November this year I was hugely honoured to give two invited talks at the annual conference of the German national society for Emergency Medicine – DGINA 2014 in
The Challenge and Value of Research in Emergency Medicine: at DGINA 2014 Read More
If you’re a #FOAMed fan then you will have come across the term Gestalt quite a lot in recent months. Many conversations about clinical decisions hinge around this elusive, slippery
What is Gestalt? St.Emlyn’s Read More
Some time ago I was teaching our foundation (most junior) doctors about sepsis with a focus on the interpretation of blood gases. The teaching session ran along the usual lines
How low can you go? Experiential learning at St.Emlyn’s Read More
In a rather strange co-incidence two articles landed on my desk this soggy Sunday morning. Firstly we have an RCT of intra-arrest therapeutic hypothermia published in Intensive Care Medicine. Secondly
JC: Getting Chilly Quickly 3. Hypothermia at St.Emlyn’s Read More
We see lots of kids presenting to the ED with “things” where they shouldn’t be (we see adults too, sometimes – but that’s a whole set of different stories). Â Foreign
Hide And Seek: Button Batteries in the Emergency Department Read More
It’s fair to say we quite like a guideline here at St Emlyn’s. We have, probably like your ED, evidence-based clinical decision support guidelines for common (think cardiac chest pain
