Ep 300 - Decisions under pressure from Tactical Trauma
Making decisions with incomplete information is part of everyday emergency and trauma care. But when the stakes are particularly high, how d...
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20 of 302 episodesEp 299 - Which patients with chest pain need a troponin?
Chest pain that sounds like indigestion, feels mild or seems “atypical” can still be myocardial infarction. The difficult question is not wh...
Ep 298 - Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: Rethinking Resuscitative Thoracotomy with Laura Kocierz at Trauma 2030
Traumatic cardiac arrest demands rapid treatment, but one of the hardest decisions is whether a resuscitative thoracotomy is likely to help....
Ep 297 - The 5th Universal Definition of MI - what emergency clinicians need to know
The Fifth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction changes some familiar language around MI and puts new emphasis on how we interpret t...
Ep 296 - Trauma, Systems Thinking and High-Risk PE (April 2026 Round Up)
Iain Beardsell and Simon Carley return for the April 2026 St Emlyn’s podcast update, talking through another busy month of posts from the St...
Ep 295 - PE, Whole Blood, HEMS and Smarter CPR (March 2026 Round Up)
In this month’s St Emlyn’s podcast, Iain Beardsell and Simon Carley work through some of the most interesting recent posts and papers from t...
Ep 294 - Experts Are Made, Not Born: Sara Crager on Mental Models and Rapid Sequence
What does it really mean to become an expert in resuscitation and critical care? It is tempting to think that expertise comes from accumulat...
Ep 293 - Making Feedback Sticky, TTL Tips and more (February 2026 round up)
In this episode of the St Emlyn’s Podcast, Iain Beardsell and Simon Carley catch up on the February blog posts, recorded in the rather unsea...
Ep 292 - Leadership, Culture and Psychological Safety in Pre-Hospital Care with Anna Dobbie at Trauma 2030
In this episode of the St Emlyn’s Podcast, Iain Beardsell speaks with Anna Dobbie, consultant in emergency medicine and pre-hospital care, a...
Ep 291 - January 2026 Round-Up: RSI Trial, Trauma Leadership, and the Reality of Corridor Care
In this episode, Iain and Simon catch up on the papers, posts, and conversations that have been sitting with us since the start of the year....
Ep 290 - Shock with Rich Carden at Trauma 2030
Shock is one of the most used words in emergency medicine. It’s also one of the most misunderstood. In this episode, recorded at Trauma 2030...
Ep 289 - Refractory VF, Double Sequential Defibrillation, and the Future of Cardiac Arrest
What do we really know about treating refractory ventricular fibrillation? And why are we still waiting to use strategies that might actuall...
Ep 288 - Training Reform, Trauma Leadership, AI on the Shop Floor and more (November/December 2025)
You’re about to hear a conversation that ranges widely — from training reform and trauma leadership to ondansetron, paracetamol protocols, a...
Ep 287 - Damage Control Pre-hospital Care with Harriet Tucker at Trauma 2030
You’re about to hear a conversation about doing less. But it isn’t really about doing less. It’s about time. Recorded at Trauma 2030 at the...
Ep 286 - Building HEMS in Northern Ireland: Systems, People, and the Legacy of John Hinds with Nigel Ruddell at BASICs 2025
In this episode of the St Emlyn’s Podcast, we’re joined by Nigel Ruddell, Medical Director of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, record...
Ep 285 - Resuscitative Hysterotomy with Caroline Leech at BASICs 2025
In this episode of the St Emlyn’s Podcast, Iain Beardsell and Simon Carley talk with Caroline Leech at the BASICs Conference about resuscita...
Ep 284 - Trauma, Cardiac Arrest, and the Myth of the Silver Bullet (October 2025)
In this (rather delayed!) October round-up, Iain Beardsell and Simon Carley catch up on recent St Emlyn’s blog posts and papers that continu...
Ep 283 - Best Bits of 2025 — Bonus: Clinical Pearls
This bonus episode is a quick-fire collection of clinical pearls drawn from across the St Emlyn’s podcast in 2025. Short, practical, and del...
Ep 282 - Best Bits of 2025 — The Things You’ll Be Glad You Remember
Some of the hardest moments in emergency medicine aren’t hard because they’re complicated. They’re hard because they’re rare — and when they...
Ep 281 - Best Bits of 2025: Getting Better the Sustainable Way
January often brings pressure to improve — to fix gaps, sharpen skills, and somehow be better than the year before. Done badly, that drive c...