The utility of hydroxychloroquine in the management of Covid-19 often seems to be more of a political than a medical debate. Many politicians, journalists, hacks, and a whole range of […]
JC: Does post exposure prophylaxis (with HCQ) work in Covid-19? Read More
Lone acute severe headaches are a common and sometimes complex presentation to all Emergency Departments. There are obviously life threatening causes of a headache that we rule out with judicious
JC: Haloperidol for Headaches. St Emlyn’s Read More
We have previously covered the RECOVERY trial on St Emlyn’s noting that the first results out of this large pragmatic, adaptive design platform RCT showed no benefit to Hydroxychloroquine. A
Dexamethasone, COVID-19 and the RECOVERY trial. St Emlyn’s Read More
If you’re any kind of emergency care aficionado, you probably worship at the altar of tranexamic acid (TXA). With data showing more favourable outcomes from its use in traumatic bleeding​(1)​,
JC: Halt! It’s not time for TXA! Or is it? HALT-IT results at St Emlyn’s Read More
We’ve talked about the RECOVERY trial on the blog and podcast before. This is a UK based platform trial (more on this later) looking at patients admitted to hospital with
The RECOVERY platform trial: No benefit to Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19. St Emlyn’s Read More
Editorial note: This blog details an app developed by Pete Hulme and colleagues. Although this is now a commercial product we think the origin story, development path and product may
Major Incidents- There’s now a new app for that too Read More
This week I am at the Trauma Care UK conference. If you’ve not been to this one then you should, it’s friendly, great value and aims to influence and engage
Top 10 trauma papers 2017-2018 for @traumacareUK conference. 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
