St Emlyn's Blog and Podcast

St Emlyn’s is a long-standing online resource for emergency medicine and critical care, created by a team of UK clinicians based in Manchester. The project includes a blog, podcast, and teaching materials, all focused on sharing high-quality, evidence-informed insights from the frontline of acute care.

The podcast is hosted by Prof Simon Carly and Dr Iain Beardsell.

September 30, 2014

Ep19 - In Situ and Guerrilla Sim in the ED

Simon Carley and Iain Beardsell discuss practical strategies for running in-situ and guerrilla simulation in emergency departments, covering leadership, logistics, and team learning.

September 23, 2014

Ep 18 - Victoria Brazil on great presentations with St.Emlyn's

Victoria Brazil joins the St Emlyn’s team to share three essential principles for delivering powerful medical presentations: connect, look/sound great, and keep it simple.

September 12, 2014

Ep 17 - Diffuse Axonal Injury with John Hell

John Hell discusses the pathophysiology, imaging, and management of diffuse axonal injury, including fluid choices, prognostication, and early interventions in ED and ICU.

August 22, 2014

Ep 16 - Intro to EM: The patient with syncope (transient loss of consiousness)

Simon Carley and Iain Beardsell break down the ED approach to syncope-including cardiac red flags, reflex causes, seizures, postural hypotension, and how to rule out life-threatening collapse.

August 7, 2014

Ep 15 - Understanding Troponin - Part 2

Part 2 of the St Emlyn’s troponin special dives into high-sensitivity assays, analytical variation, delta interpretation, and the evolving NICE guidance for safer early rule-out of MI.

August 3, 2014

Ep 13 - Intro to EM: Shortness of breath

Simon Carley and Iain Beardsell discuss the emergency department approach to shortness of breath-covering resuscitation, early oxygen, key differentials, and a structured mental model for junior doctors.

August 1, 2014

Ep 12 - Intro to EM: Headache

Simon Carley and Iain Beardsell tackle the ED approach to headache-covering subarachnoid haemorrhage, meningitis, tumours, temporal arteritis, and migraine, with red flags and CT vs LP guidance.

July 27, 2014

Ep - 11 Understanding Troponin Part 1

Rick Body explains troponin’s physiology, renal clearance, timing, and early limitations of CK/LDH, introducing core concepts behind cardiac-specific assays in acute myocardial infarction.

July 21, 2014

Ep 10 - Intro to EM: Staying safe in your first job

Simon Carley and Iain Beardsell offer essential survival advice for junior doctors starting in EM, including hypothetical-deductive reasoning, red flag rule-outs, early pain relief, and when to escalate.

July 17, 2014

Ep 9 - Targets in the Emergency Department (2014)

Simon Carley and Iain Beardsell critically examine emergency department targets in the UK-especially the 4-hour rule, trauma metrics, and financial penalties-highlighting the balance between clinical care, leadership, and measurement.

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