As is his way, he did not look for excuses. “Sometimes, it’s pure bad luck,” he said. “Today, I have to take it on the chin as it was my fault.” Thomas did make the point that he had not been able to ride the route on closed roads, as would normally be the case…
In November 2022, the American College of Emergency Physicians sent a letter to President Biden on behalf of 34 organizations, asking to convene stakeholders to identify solutions to address the emergency department (ED) boarding crisis.1 The letter detailed ED physician stories, highlighting the preventable harms from boarding, crowding, long waits, staff shortages, burnout, and the disproportionate…
Forever facing questions over its relevance in the modern-day sporting environment, it is a point of uniqueness that the Commonwealth Games is capable of producing septuagenarian champions, proudly providing a playing field where the great, the good and the entirely improbable share a common place. Indeed, only 48 hours after Lenton had set her record…
There is no shortage of guidelines, protocols, or quality measures across emergency medicine. Regardless of the domain, somewhere an expert panel has convened to issue a pronouncement informing all of the ideal care of patients under their specialty umbrella, indirectly extending to their care in the emergency department. A common limitation to many of these…
Matty Lee revealed that he and partner Noah Williams were suffering with cramp as they won gold in the men’s 10-metre synchronised platform event on Friday. The pair topped the leaderboard after facing close competition from Canada and Australia, who placed second and third, respectively. Williams has already tasted success in the the 10-metre synchronised, winning a…
Headache is a very common chief complaint in emergency department (ED) presentations. Of these patients, 98 percent will have a benign etiology. Of the remaining two percent, one percent will be reliably diagnosed on unenhanced CT or lumbar puncture (LP), however the other one percent cannot be ruled out on unenhanced CT or LP.1 One…
Immediately after matching his 1,500 metres bronze from the last Commonwealth Games, recently-crowned world champion Jake Wightman made a plea: “I hope I don’t get shot down too much for not having won it.” If anyone has any sense, they will not do so. This was, without parallel, the toughest event of the entire athletics…
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Neah Evans (Cycling) Also a qualified vet, Evans took a silver and bronze home from the last Commonwealth Games and won the Madison (with Laura Kenny) at the British National Championships this year, as well as the individual pursuit and the national points titles. Birmingham medal results so far: 3,000m team pursuit bronze, individual points…
Your next patient is a Spanish-speaking 24-year-old female who begins by telling you that she is embarazada. Despite her bashfulness, you debate whether or not to call in the interpreter, since the waiting room is overflowing and between her broken English and your high-school Spanish you think you can get by without formal interpretation. According…