If you’ve found your way to this blog at all then I’m sure you’ve heard of SMACC. The programme for the next conference in Chicago 23-26th June 2015 has just been released. Be sure and check out the programme to get … Read More »
The 2014 meeting of IAEM was a great experience. For a country of 4.5 million with just over 70 emergency physicians we put on a pretty good show I think. I like to use “we” even though I had no … Read More »
[Featured Image: Creative Commons, danielleellis55 on Flickr.] First off here’s a video I recorded for the CEM FOAMed network on “approach to the injecting drug user“. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and check out the site. There’s a podcast feed … Read More »
The Trial Smith-Bindman R, Aubin C, Bailitz J, Bengiamin RN, Camargo CA Jr., Corbo J, et al. Ultrasonography versus Computed Tomography for Suspected Nephrolithiasis. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 18;371(12):1100–10. They managed to come up with the STONE trial … Read More »
This a great video from the college on the significance of exit block and the effects it’s having on our patients and staff. This, along with the recruitment crisis is, I think the biggest issue facing emergency medicine in both … Read More »