Written by Dr Bethany Sampson, ST6 Emergency Medicine, South Yorkshire The clinic is full to bursting soon after it starts with equipment and medication boxes squeezed into the small room. There’s just enough space for a table, an examination couch and our patient, with me perching on a stool by… read more

Written by Anisa Jafar, ST7 in Emergency Medicine & Houghton Dunn Fellow, North West deanery & University of Manchester  Edited by Philip Delbridge So, for something a little different on our blog page: 25th-27th November 2024 the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) held its 125 year anniversary symposium in… read more

Written by Anisa Jafar, ST7 in Emergency Medicine & Houghton Dunn Fellow, North West deanery & University of Manchester Edited by Philip Delbridge For the linguists amongst you the wordplay of the 1st international cHALO conference will not be lost. For the rest: in Urdu, “chalo” means “let’s go”. And what could be more… read more

Written by Dr Zenira Elbasheer, ST4 Emergency Medicine, North West deanery Edited by Anisa Jafar Rwanda is a relatively small, landlocked country in East Africa. Known affectionately as Le Pays des Mille Collines  or ‘land of a thousand hills’, the country boasts breathtaking landscapes including rolling hills, and volcanic mountains. Kigali, its capital,… read more

Written by Dr Zenira Elbasheer, ST4 Emergency Medicine, North West deanery Edited by Anisa Jafar & Ahmed E O  Ali Since 15th April 2023, when intense fighting suddenly broke out in the capital Khartoum and later spread to other states, Sudan has become one of the most urgent healthcare emergencies. The country… read more

Written by Dr Chris Hook, Emergency Physician, Bristol Royal Infirmary Edited by Silas Webb & Charlotte Nichols Trigger warning – this post contains descriptions of injuries and fatalities which some readers may find especially difficult to read  Dr Chris Hook is a Bristol-based emergency and pre-hospital medicine doctor. He recently … read more