Research matters to all of us training in Emergency Medicine. It must do: otherwise, the likes of St Emlyn’s, Life in the Fast Lane and The Bottom Line would not get millions of views every year from clinicians hungry to access the critical appraisal and practical recommendations that #FOAMed has become so adept at generating. […]
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Should More Emergency Physicians be ‘Piloting British Airways’? The Musings of a Trainee: EMJ
Emergency physicians (EPs) routinely manage the sick, undifferentiated patients in whom life-saving interventions need to be executed rapidly. Our Royal College defines emergency medicine as ‘the specialty in which time is critical.’ In severe illness or injury, ‘A’ comes first. Securing a definitive airway is the gateway to the rest of critical care; without one, our […]
The other side of the ECG. EMJ
Last week I was wandering through Amsterdam when I came across a tweet which stopped me in my tracks. A real game changer, a shock, a wake up call and a surprise. Rob Rogers (aka @EM_Educator) tweeted a really interesting ECG. Take a moment to have a look and consider the diagnosis. Usually don't get […]
Conference season
Having just returned from Dublin and the SMACC conference, and a few weeks earlier having travelled to the wonderful IFEM conference in Cape Town it’s time to reflect on the worth of the travel, expense and family disruption that ensues. Our work families too have to pull extra shifts and adapt to those of us […]
Social Media is Exploding – But is it Effective?
About a year ago, I posted about accelerating knowledge translation using Twitter, blogs, and other social media. In some respects, the embrace of social media was still in its infancy – originally, #FOAMed, powered by an independent group of individuals passionate about sharing knowledge and teaching Emergency Medicine. The Emergency Medicine Journal, driven in part […]
Is the Opioid Epidemic Just an American Problem?
Many problems among developed countries are unique to the United States. Gun violence is at levels comparable to locations of civil unrest around the world, and we are proud of our world leadership in obesity. Our dysfunctional healthcare incentives and payment system, despite many examples of innovative excellence, shows starkly different health status based on […]
Developing EM in Brazil 2014
The following video tells us more about the fantastic project that is ‘Developing EM’. I found it on the excellent (and must visit site PHARM). Bishan Rajapakse interviews Lee and Mark on what they hope to develop both in Brazil and in future conferences. Please listen and consider attending in the future. This year’s conference […]
Why do we call it ‘Teaching’?
A Reflection on Teaching and Learning Culture in UK Emergency Medicine One of the things that most amuses my school teacher friends is my insistence on referring to postgraduate educational opportunities as ‘teaching sessions’, e.g. ’I’ve got regional teaching this afternoon’. I’m not alone here in referring to ‘teaching’ – it’s common amongst doctors […]
An Unexpected Discussion; How to Close the Loop?
A few weeks ago, on one of my other digital knowledge translation projects, I wrote about an article published in the Emergency Medicine Journal: “Prehospital use of furosemide for the treatment of heart failure”. The content of the article – making an accurate diagnosis of dyspnea is difficult in the prehospital setting, and that many […]
Saying I’m sorry. Iain Beardsell for EMJ
Like many of you, I suspect, many of my most “educational” experiences haven’t come from sitting in lectures, reading textbooks or even listening to podcasts. They have come simply from living life and all of the ups and downs that can be thrown at you. From witnessing the birth of your children, to a close […]