March 2020 Podcast St Emlyn’s round up

Iain and Simon discuss Covid19 and more in this review of the best of the blog from March 2020.

January 2020 podcast round up on St Emlyn’s

Iain is back on the podcast with Simon to talk through the best of the blog from January 2020.

September 2019 round up podcast. St Emlyn’s

Our regular round up of the best of the blog from September 2019. A fairly quiet month for us, but some great content including a fabulous video from Cliff Reid on the Zero Point survey and on a related resus note, the concept of the UK resuscitationist with Dan Horner.

August 2019 round up podcast. St Emlyn’s

Our regular round up of the best and the brightest from the St Emlyn's blog. This is a round up of our August content.

July 2019 round up podcast. St Emlyn’s

The best from the blog and podcast in July 2019. 

JC: Clot’s the Problem? Vena Cava filters in trauma patients. St Emlyn’s

Psychological performance in the resus room. Ashley Liebig at #stemlynsLIVE

JC: The Resuscitative Care Unit. St Emlyn’s

The great day paradox. St.Emlyn’s

All you need to know about Listeria. St Emlyn’s.

GI Emergencies – Chris Gray at #StEmlynsLIVE

Similar challenges, different approaches – Mass Casualty Incident training lessons from Pakistan. St Emlyn’s

Chris Gray on GI emergencies at #stemlynsLIVE

This is Chris's talk from #stemlynsLIVE on GI emergencies. Remember to check out the blog for the background, references and more.

May 2019 Podcast round up. St Emlyn’s

Our regular monthly round up, this month with Ian and Simon chatting through the best of the blog.

The power of peer review: https://www.stemlynsblog.org/smacc2019-the-power-of-peer-review/

Virtual reality in PED: https://www.stemlynsblog.org/jc-virtual-reality-for-distraction-from-paediatric-procedural-pain/

Wellbeing for the broken: https://www.stemlynsblog.org/wellbeing-for-the-broken-part-3-the-podcast-st-emlyns/ 

Traumatic cardiac arrest https://www.stemlynsblog.org/wellbeing-for-the-broken-part-3-the-podcast-st-emlhttps://www.stemlynsblog.org/jc-should-we-use-chest-compressions-in-traumatic-cardiac-arrest-st-emlyns/

Should we cardiovert AF in the ED or wait? https://www.stemlynsblog.org/should-we-rapidly-cardiovert-af-in-the-ed-st-emlyns/ 

Prolonged field care in the ED https://www.stemlynsblog.org/prolonged-field-care-in-the-ed/

Keppra or Phenytoin for status epilepticus in kids https://www.stemlynsblog.org/jc-enter-sandman-which-agent-as-second-line-in-paediatric-status-epilepticus/ 

April 2019 round up podcast.

Here is the latest from the St Emlyn's team

March 2019 Podcast round up. St Emlyn’s

Here’s our regular monthly round up of the best of the blog from March 2019

February 2019 Podcast round up St Emlyn’s

Our regular monthly round up of the best of the blog from Feb 2019.

CAN 8 p-values

Part of the critical appraisal nuggets series. You can read more here https://www.stemlynsblog.org/cans-critical-appraisal-nuggets-st-emlyns/ 

Also mentioned in this podcast

1. Definition of p-values on the bottom line https://www.thebottomline.org.uk/blog/ebm/p-value/

2. Fragility index https://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/fragility-index/ 

3. Confidence interval https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_interval 

January 2019 round up podcast from St Emlyn’s

The latest blog posts, ideas and thoughts from the St Emlyn's podcast. This month with Simon Carley and Rick Body,

December round up podcast 2018. St Emlyn’s

This is the monthly round up of blogs from the St Emlyn's team

Tribalism with Ross Fisher https://www.stemlynsblog.org/breaking-down-tribalism-onetribeemta-st-emlyns/

Conservative management of chest trauma https://www.stemlynsblog.org/jc-conservative-management-of-chest-trauma-st-emlyns/

ICS SOA day 1 https://www.stemlynsblog.org/st-emlyns-on-tour-icssoa2018/ 

Handover principles https://www.stemlynsblog.org/handover-process-practice-and-controversy-icssoa2018-st-emlyns/ 

ICS SOA day 2 https://www.stemlynsblog.org/icssoa2018-day-2-st-emlyns-on-tour/ 

ICS SOA day 3 https://www.stemlynsblog.org/icssoa2018-day-3-st-emlyns-on-tour/ 

FeminEM part 4 https://www.stemlynsblog.org/fix18-part-four/ 

PEP, PEPSE and HIV https://www.stemlynsblog.org/pep-prep-and-all-things-hiv-st-emlyns/ 

Game of Thrones https://www.stemlynsblog.org/ste-journal-club-a-christmas-games-of-thrones-issue/ 

November round up podcast 2018. St Emlyn’s

November was a busy month for the St Emlyn's team with a variety of blogs on conferences, EBM, philosophy and education. Here's the podcast and the links to the blogs mentioned in November.

Beyond ALS with Salim Rezaie at #stemlynsLIVE

Salim Rezaie from the REBEL EM podcast takes us through the optimal management of cardiac arrest and also explores some of the controversies and difficulties that make the difference to our patients. 

You can read a lot more about the background to this talk, see the evidence and watch the video on the St Emlyn's site. Just follow this link. https://www.stemlynsblog.org/beyond-acls-salim-rezaie-at-stemlynslive/ 

St Emlyn’s October 2018 round up

Here's our round up of the best of the blog from October 2018.

In Pursuit of Excellence with Natalie May from #stemlynsLIVE https://www.stemlynsblog.org/in-pursuit-of-excellence/

A FeminEM in NY with Natalie May Part 1. https://www.stemlynsblog.org/fix18-part-one/

JC: Cricoid Pressure, Do we still need it? Simon Carley https://www.stemlynsblog.org/jc-cricoid-pressure-and-rsi-do-we-still-need-it-st-emlyns/

Teaching and Learning in Stretched Environments with Simon Carley https://www.stemlynsblog.org/teaching-and-learning-in-stretched-environments-rsm-2018-st-emlyns/

Five free strategies to improve your resuscitations Simon Carley https://www.stemlynsblog.org/stemlynslive-five-free-strategies-to-improve-your-resuscitation-practice-st-emlyns/

PTSD and me, EMDR therapy with Rusty Carroll https://www.stemlynsblog.org/ptsd-and-me-part-3-emdr-therapy-st-emlyns/

St Emlyn’s September 2018 Round Up

Here's our round up of the best of the blog from September 2018.

The following blogs are discussed.

OOHCA and airway management. Do we need a tube?  http://www.stemlynsblog.org/jc-oohca-and-airway-management-do-we-need-a-tube-st-emlyns/

The Zero Point Survey. Optimising resuscitation teams in the ED. https://www.stemlynsblog.org/jc-the-zero-point-survey-optimising-resuscitation-teams-in-the-ed-st-emlyns/

Subacute and massive PE management https://www.stemlynsblog.org/we-call-it-massiiiiiiivve-pe-at-st-emlyns/

EMS Gathering and podcast https://www.stemlynsblog.org/ems-gathering-review-and-podcast-st-emlyns/

ResusTO: A simulation/resuscitation conference like no other https://www.stemlynsblog.org/resusto-a-simulation-resuscitation-conference-like-no-other/

Monkeypox has arrived https://www.stemlynsblog.org/monkeypox-has-arrived-is-the-panic-justified-st-emlyns/

Micro Machines: Sick neonates at RATH18 https://www.stemlynsblog.org/micromachines/

Equality and Diversity in EM. What I learned as a recovering racist. https://www.stemlynsblog.org/equality-and-global-health-what-i-learned-from-being-a-recovering-racist/

StEmlyn's at EusEM (Four posts)

• https://www.stemlynsblog.org/st-emlyns-at-eusem18-day-4/
• https://www.stemlynsblog.org/st-emlyns-at-eusem18-day-3/
• https://www.stemlynsblog.org/st-emlyns-at-eusem18-day-2/
• https://www.stemlynsblog.org/st-emlyns-at-eusem18-day-1/

St Emlyn’s February 2018 blog and podcast round up.

Iain and Simon review the best of the blog from February 2018.

Simon Carley

CAN 8. Diagnostics and PICTR questions.

Rick and Simon talk about critical appraisal and diagnostic studies. How does a PICTR question work and how can you use it to assess the quality of a published study, and how can it be used in research design.

St Emlyn’s in Review October 2017

Simon (@EMManchester) and Iain (@docib) review some of the articles from the St Emlyns blog site (http://stemlynsblog.org/) from recent weeks and chat about the current state of Emergency Medicine in the UK.

1:00 - How to declare a Major Incident - http://stemlynsblog.org/how-to-declare-a-major-incident-st-emlyns/

3:10 -  RCEM ASC 2017 – Update on the TiLLI study - http://stemlynsblog.org/rcem-asc-2017-update-on-the-tilli-study/

6:03 - The rise and SURPRISE of the DOACs - http://stemlynsblog.org/the-rise-and-surprise-of-the-doacs/

8:08 - Life as an EM Trainee in South Africa -  https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-st-emlyns-virtual-hospital-podcast/id547326956?mt=2&i=1000393179333

9:26 - Rheum for Improvement? The physical challenge of EM training - http://stemlynsblog.org/rheum-for-improvement-st-emlyns/ Harriet's website is here  - https://www.rheumforimprovement.com/

10:47 - JC: Oxygen in ACS. A fuss about nothing? The DETO2X Trial - http://stemlynsblog.org/oxygen-in-acs-a-fuss-about-nothing/. Paper is here - http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1706222

11:57 - Is cMyC the new troponin? - http://stemlynsblog.org/cmyc-new-troponin/

13:00 - Who gets a Tetanus? You get a Tetanus! - http://stemlynsblog.org/tetanus-in-the-ed/

14:22 - Mass Casualty Incidents: Lessons from AAST - http://stemlynsblog.org/mass-casualty-incidents-lessons-aast-st-emlyns/

15:00 - The Annual Scientific Conference and the State of EM

Top Ten Trauma Papers 2016

Iain and Simon chat through our top ten trauma papers for 2016. Lots here for anyone who is interested in trauma including whole body CT, traumatic cardiac arrest, neurosurgery in severe head injury and much more. As ever we'd suggest you read the original papers, references for which along with a blogpost can all be found here http://stemlynsblog.org/top-10-trauma-papers-2016-st-emlyns/

St Emlyn’s In Review - March 2017

In a new podcast format Simon (@EMManchester) and Iain (@docib) discuss the month's offerings from the St Emlyn's blog and podcast (www.stemlynsblog.org).

It's been a month full of interesting posts on subjects as diverse as Thrombolysis in Stroke (Alan Grayson), The Future of Emergency Medicine in the Social Age (Simon), Cardiac Arrest Centres (Simon), Love in Critical Care (Liz Crowe), Transfers (Nat and Simon), Thrombolysis in PE (a guest post from FOAMed legend Anand Swarminathan) and Benzos in Back Pain (Janos). Head to the website for the articles themselves and all the references and links you need.

We're aiminig to make this a regular monthly podcast - let us know if it's useful and enjoyable and how we could make it even more educational.

CAN 4 Intention to Treat

Another Critical Appraisal Nugget on why analysis by intention to treat is so important.

CAN 3 - Selection Bias

Prof Rick Body and Niall Morris, Clinical Research Fellow, discuss selection bias and how it can affect clinical research.

This podcast is the third in the St Emlyn's series "Clinical Appraisal Nuggets".

CAN 2 Blinding and Masking in clinical trials

Rick and Simon talk blinding (and masking) for your critical appraisal delight.

See more at http://stemlynsblog.org/cans-critical-appraisal-nuggets-st-emlyns/

CAN1 - Randomisation

Our series on critical appraisal nuggets in 5-10 mins. This week it's Randomisation. Great if you are revising for an exam in critical appraisal (e.g. FRCEM).