Communicating terrible news: Can we do it better? Liz Crowe at St.Emlyn’s

St.Emlyn’s – Meducation in Virchester #FOAMed   It’s every health professional’s most dreaded task to have to communicate difficult news to desperate patients, friends and relatives; particularly when someone has died. Think about this clinical case and ask yourself what you would do. A 46 year old man is involved in a motor vehicle accident…

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The Clot Module

From Dr Chris Denny, Auckland HEMS Medical Director: Dear colleagues, 1. We need your help. We are testing a new clinical module: The ‘Clot Module.’ Why do we want another module? To borrow an ergonomic phrase – to task cluster. 2. Please read this article (password-protected for Auckland HEMS team members only) from the 2014 Annals of […]

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ICU: a branch of hell?

Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Today we make an exception in our holiday break to share great news with you. Intensive Care Medicine has just published on line another article signed by IC-HU Project members: Dra. Ángela Alonso of the ICU of Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada and myself.ICU: a branch of hell? (click here to access…

http://www.humanizingintensivecare.com/2015/09/icu-branch-of-hell.html

Low HEART score. Acute LAD occlusion. Detected only by analysis of subtle ECG.

A completely healthy 39 year old woman with no cardiac risk factors had sudden onset of bilateral trapezius pain that radiated around to her throat.  It resolved after about 5 minutes, but then recurred and was sustained for over an hour.  She called 911. EMS recorded these ECGs:Time 0:In V2-V4, there is ST elevation that…

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