The St.Emlyn’s Podcast
St Emlyn’s is the premier emergency medicine podcast from the UK. We discuss evidence based medicine, clinical excellence, wellbeing and the philosophy of emergency care.
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- Sep 18, 2026
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- Jul 11, 2026
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Ep 297 - The 5th Universal Definition of MI - what emergency clinicians need to know (opens the original)
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When does a raised troponin become a myocardial infarction? What has happened to “type 2 MI”? And how certain can we be about the diagnosis without imaging? Iain Beardsell introduces Professor Rick Body for a practical guide to the Fifth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction. Rick explains the changes in terminology, troponin interpretation and diagnostic criteria, focusing on what they mean for clinicians assessing patients in the emergency department. What Rick covers Primary, secondar
Ep 296 - Trauma, Systems Thinking and High-Risk PE (April 2026 Round Up) (opens the original)
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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 Emlyn’s team and guest authors. This month brings trauma, systems thinking, public health and pulmonary embolism, with plenty of practical ideas to take back to your next shift. Iain and Simon start with three more of Simon’s Trauma Team Leader Tips. The first looks at external haemorrhage control. Tourniquets save lives, but they are not the answer to ever
Ep 295 - PE, Whole Blood, HEMS and Smarter CPR (March 2026 Round Up) (opens the original)
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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 the blog. The conversation ranges from the latest pulmonary embolism guidance to the persistent problem of emergency department crowding, and from pre-hospital whole blood to the uneven availability of enhanced critical care across the UK. They also look at whether TOE might help us deliver more effective CPR, why arterial pressure may be a more useful resusc
Ep 294 - Experts Are Made, Not Born: Sara Crager on Mental Models and Rapid Sequence (opens the original)
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What does it really mean to become an expert in resuscitation and critical care? It is tempting to think that expertise comes from accumulating enough facts, passing enough exams or simply spending 10,000 hours at work. In this episode, Iain Beardsell is joined by emergency physician, intensivist and medical educator Sara Crager to explore why expertise is less about how much we know and more about how we think. Sara explains how experts develop high-quality mental models that allow them to orga
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