Jan 19, 2017
Natalie May & Roisin McNamara discuss a young person’s experience of critical illness.
They are joined by Ema, an 11-year-old girl who had a scary time when she was diagnosed with tracheitis. Experiencing critical illness is scary for anyone. However, when you are a young person, this terrifying experience is...
Jan 18, 2017
Maxime Valois and John Christian Fox argue the role of POCUS in critical care.
POCUS changes everything. It has helped physicians throughout the world to make easier, more accurate and faster diagnoses.
It has contributed to enhance the diagnostic possibilities...
Jan 16, 2017
Scott presents the argument that whilst Emergency Physicians are amazing, as it stands, Emergency Medicine is failing.
Scott presents the system as it should be.
This involves stabilising the critically ill before admission to the ICU, seeing sick patients in appropriate time and seeing the less sick patients as you...
Jan 15, 2017
Ashley Shreves:
There are nearly 100 billion stars in the Milky Way – and almost that many articles published every year. Luckily for you, we read them all – or, at least, the ones in the domain of EM (Emergency Medicine). Catch up with where the new literature is leading you, leading you astray, or just plain...
Jan 9, 2017
Ben Shippey discusses the important anaesthetic considerations in bariatric surgery. Obesity surgery can induce a strong response in healthcare professionals. These biases must be overcome to facilitate efficient and safe services. Evidently, Bariatric surgery provides many challenges.
To begin with, healthcare...