steve the skeptic

policyskeptic.bsky.social

11 December 2025 06:25

For something officially regarded as completely unacceptable, corridor care in A&E is disturbingly common: emj.bmj.com/content/earl... Important new study out today.

WHO

who.int

19 May 2025 17:05

WHO faces a 21% reduction from the original proposed budget for the 2026-27 biennium. “If we think US$ 2.1 billion a year is ambitious—or $ 4.2 billion for the biennium—then either we must lower our ambitions for what WHO is and does, or we must raise the money.” - @drtedros.who.int bit.ly/3ZrwCXZ

EM at the Deep End

ematthedeepend.bsky.social

02 April 2025 13:06

The next meeting of @ematthedeepend.bsky.social Friday 16th May 1.30pm on a theme of Alcohol and Drug-Related Harm in the ED A great range of speakers, from clinical trials to the patient experience. If you or your team have work to share in this area, get in touch, one slot still available

Mike Christian

drmikechristian.bsky.social

08 March 2025 19:41

Key takeaways from his review: 🔑 Speed is everything—delays cost lives in TCA 🔑 We need to bring critical care teams to patients sooner 🔑 Decision-making should move from injury type (blunt vs penetrating) to tamponade vs exsanguination physiology #TraumaCare #ResuscitativeThoracotomy

Mike Christian

drmikechristian.bsky.social

08 March 2025 19:40

Translating Trauma Research into Practice After years of designing, collecting, cleaning, analysing (and rewriting... several times), publishing a study is both a milestone and a leap of faith.