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A UK based Emergency Medicine podcast for anyone who works in emergency care. The St Emlyn ’s team are all passionate educators and clinicians who strive to bring you the best evidence based education. Our four pillars of learning are evidence-based medicine, clinical excellence, personal development and the philosophical overview of emergency care. We have a strong academic faculty and reputation for high quality education presented through multimedia platforms and articles. St Emlyn’s is a name given to a fictionalised emergency care system. This online clinical space is designed to allow clinical care to be discussed without compromising the safety or confidentiality of patients or clinicians.
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Saturday Dec 20, 2025
Ep 279 - Best Bits of 2025: Decisions When It’s Busy
Saturday Dec 20, 2025
Saturday Dec 20, 2025
Emergency medicine strips decision-making back to its essentials when departments are full and time is short.
This first episode in the Best Bits of 2025 series brings together some of the most practically useful moments from the St Emlyn’s podcast this year — focusing on how clinicians make good decisions under pressure, when conditions are far from ideal.
Each clip comes from a full episode released in 2025.
In this episode, we explore:
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How ten-second triage is designed to work on “worst-day” scenarios, not in textbooks
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The uncomfortable truth about why procedures sometimes get done — and why that matters
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Why time, not technique, is often the limiting factor in resuscitative thoracotomy
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The case for earlier invasive monitoring in the sickest patients
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Where thinking around double sequential defibrillation may be heading
This episode is designed to be useful on shift, in the car, or during a quiet moment before the next job.
Featured episodes
Clips in this episode are taken from the following full St Emlyn’s episodes:
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Episode 257 — Ten Second Triage with Sean Brayford-Harris (Tactical Trauma 24)
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Episode 269 — Monthly Round Up (January 2025): Decision-making and prehospital RSI
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Episode 270 — Insights on Cannabis Edibles, Pre-Hospital Thoracotomy and more
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Episode 266 — Monthly Round Up (February 2025): Targeted resuscitation and arterial lines
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Episode 268 — Top Papers of 2024 from The Big Sick Conference
All full episodes are available in the podcast feed.
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