Many years ago I did my CTR (the Clinical Topic Review*) for my FCEM exam on facilitating intubation in the C-spine immobilised patient. The actual CTR is lost in the […]
JC: Don’t blame it on the Bougie. St Emlyn’s Read More
When I started in medicine all resuscitation started with some form of supplemental oxygen. Whether that was by face mask, LMA or intubation, oxygen was the mainstay of initial treatment
JC: Oxygen in the Acutely Unwell Patient. St Emlyn’s Read More
I have a confession to make – I once requested a whole body CT (WBCT) in a paediatric patient. [Yes, yes, I know!] To be fair, we didn’t know he
Journal Club – Trauma CT in Paediatric Patients Read More
Imagine yourself in the resus room. You’ve just got Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC) on a patient who was in cardiac arrest. They had excellent bystander CPR and an early
JC: Do early pupil responses predict outcome in cardiac arrest? St Emlyn’s Read More
Simon has already covered the recent SMART trial1, regarding the comparison of balanced crystalloid solutions versus normal saline for resuscitation in critically ill adults. However, there was another paper in
JC: So long Salt and Saline? St Emlyn’s Read More
Just a quickie this week as I am so busy with planning the SMACC party, the St.Emlyn’s LIVE conference and the Teaching CooP course in Manchester. I’m also off to
JC: More on alcohol sniffing and nausea. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Iain and Simon round up the blog posts from January 2018. You can listen to the podcast below. Links to all the blog posts mentioned are listed below. Review of
St Emlyn’s January 2018 in review Read More
 Pain… patients complain about it… A LOT. It’s the commonest reason for attending emergency departments across the globe so we should be (and need to be) pretty good at treating it.
JC : Paracetamol, NSAID’s or both in MSK trauma. St.Emlyn’s Read More
