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Category Archives: thinking about medicine

Indulgent navel gazing post on doing the job for a moderate length of time

4 Apr

In a fit of reflectionism (sic) on a damp and cold camping trip with the family (much more fun than it sounds…) I started thinking about how things have changed in my practice of medicine over the 14 years I’ve … Read More »

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Temp taking and how to take it

18 Feb

Isd This was originally published on RCEMFOAMed.co.uk a few weeks ago. That project is one of my current “babies” in the FOAMed world and we’ve been making a lot of changes and I really think it’s worth your time to … Read More »

thinking about medicine temperature, vital signs 1 Comment

In Praise of the Researchers

25 May

I read a lot of papers. Mainly for my own education but also for podcasting and blogging purposes. I’ve done an almost invisible amount of research. One on ballpoint pens and crics, one letter on why LMAs might kill pigs … Read More »

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Hypoxia in Pulmonary Embolus

24 Sep

Hypoxia is almost ubiquitous in PE (In the comments Liam suggests otherwise. I honestly can’t find a clear answer. in PEITHO, a trial of submassive PE, 85% were receiving oxygen suggesting hypoxia. Certainly in the tiny PEs, lots of people don’t … Read More »

board review, critical appraisal, thinking about medicine hypoxia, PE 7 Comments

Location based decision making

8 Jan

This is something that I’ve noticed happening to me for as long as I’ve been doing emergency medicine (coming up on 10 years now) – that the physical part of the department that you see the patient in has a … Read More »

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