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 deliberately focused, these are the moments that make you stop and think: “That’s useful — I want that in my head.”

There’s minimal commentary and no deep dives. Each clip stands on its own as a clear takeaway, designed to be listened to in one go or dipped back into when needed.

In this episode

• Practical triage language that lowers thresholds and prompts earlier action

• Time-critical decision-making in pre-hospital thoracotomy

• Resuscitation physiology and why diastolic pressure matters

• Intraosseous access and the reality of long-term complications

• Analgesia strategies for rib fractures, including posterior injuries

• Hydrofluoric acid burns and why improvised treatment is a trap

• Recognising and acting on decompression illness

• Cognitive HALOs and preparing for rare, high-load decision moments

• Building excellence in teams, not just avoiding failure

• Compassionate resuscitation and the value of the pause

This episode is designed to be saved, revisited, and shared — the kind of learning that pays off later.

Featured episodes

Clips in this episode are taken from the following full St Emlyn’s episodes:

• Episode 257 — Ten Second Triage with Sean Brayford-Harris

• Episode 270 — Insights on Cannabis Edibles, Pre-Hospital Thoracotomy and more

• Episode 266 — Monthly Round Up (February 2025): Skills Fade and Resuscitation Targets

• Episode 260 — Monthly Round Up (December 2024): IO Access and Chest Trauma

• Episode 268 — Top Papers of 2024 from The Big Sick Conference

• Episode 275 — Targeted Resuscitation and Hydrofluoric Acid Burns

• Episode 263 — Hyperbaric Medicine with Jeff Kerrie

• Episode 277 — Cognitive HALOs and Advanced Simulation Training

• Episode 264 — High Performance Teams with Dan Dworkis

• Episode 258 — Compassionate Resuscitation with Matt Hooper

All full episodes are available in the podcast feed.

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