Administration of tranexamic acid (TXA) is integral part of the management for major trauma patients in the UK. It is deemed such an important aspect that its administration is used […]
JC: Does earlier TXA save lives? St.Emlyn’s Read More
It’s great to be back podcasting again after what has been a busy few months, We’re sorry for the hiatus, but occasionally other stuff gets in the way! Here we
St Emlyn’s in Review – October 2017 Read More
Anyone who reads the news is likely to have seen the recent paper in Circulation evaluating a new biomarker of acute coronary syndromes: cardiac myosin binding protein C (cMyC) .
Is cMyC the new troponin? Read More
DETO2X-SWEDEHEART sounds like a new low-carb, high-alkali, So-Cal diet plan but it is actually a trial exploring the affect of oxygen on mortality in patients with a suspected acute coronary
JC: Oxygen in ACS. A fuss about nothing? The DETO2X Trial at St.Emlyn’s Read More
All good EM/CC clinicians know that venous thrombo embolism (VTE) is a potential complication of traumatic injury. The immobilisation and haematological changes associated with signficant injury are reasonably well described.
JC: The VTE and Major Trauma. St.Emlyn’s Read More
We’ve debated Apnoeic Oxygenation on St.Emlyn’s in the past​1​. Physiologically it kind of makes sense. The idea that we can put ‘Os up the Nose’ (as someone cleverer than I
JC: Apnoeic Oxygenation (again) Read More
It seems as though hypothermia is the therapy that never quite gets there. The Targeted Temperature Management1,2 trial showed no benefit post ROSC and the RINSE trial 3,4 showed no
Hypothermia in status epilepticus. St.Emlyn’s Read More
I had the honour to speak at the very first Northern Emergency Medicine conference back in 2014 (I think). I had a fantastic time and met so many enthusiastic and
10+1 papers for the Northern Emergency Medicine conference. St.Emlyn’s Read More
