NHS England’s Model Emergency Department guidance asks trusts to model demand and capacity. The real challenge is residual demand, supply-induced demand and unmet need.

https://www.stemlynsblog.org/model-ed-capacity-and-demand/

2026 PE Guidelines

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is one of those diagnoses that finds its way into a lot of differential diagnoses. In the era of reasonably easy-but-occasionally-argue-with-radiologist to get CTPAs, the diagnosis has increased. An old study now, but in 2011 Wiener et al showed that the use of CTPA has increased the diagnosis but with no difference in mortality. Unsurprisingly PE and, more broadly, venous thromboembolic diseases are a vast area of research…

https://www.stemlynsblog.org/2026-pe-guidelines/

TTL tips 7: Log rolls.

Top tips on log rolls for trauma patients.

https://www.stemlynsblog.org/ttl-tips-7-log-rolls/

How to make feedback work for those receiving and giving it. Top tips from Natalie May. #FOAMed

https://www.stemlynsblog.org/everything-you-need-to-know-about-making-feedback-more-than-just-noise/

TTL tips 6. How to manage your CT reports in trauma. #TTLtips#FOAMed

https://www.stemlynsblog.org/ttl-tips-6-ct-reports/

A focused review of the most important intensive care medicine papers from 2025–2026, discussed at The Big Sick conference. TBS @stemlyns

https://www.stemlynsblog.org/tbs-2026-best-intensive-care-medicine-papers/

TBS 2026: Best Emergency Medicine Papers

Emergency medicine research rarely provides certainty, but it can guide decisions. At The Big Sick (TBS) conference 2026, we presented papers challenging assumptions around trauma, airway management, resuscitation systems and rare high-stakes decisions. This post reviews the best emergency medicine papers from 2025–2026, focusing on what they mean for clinicians working at the front door.

https://www.stemlynsblog.org/tbs-2026-best-emergency-medicine-papers/

TBS 2026: Key Prehospital Emergency Medicine papers

A critical review of the most important prehospital emergency medicine papers from 2026, covering RSI, oxygen therapy, ECPR, thoracotomy and trauma access. From the TBS conference in Zermatt.

https://www.stemlynsblog.org/tbs-2026-key-prehospital-emergency-medicine-papers/

Trauma Team Leader Tips to make your non-time critical handovers work as well as they can. #FOAMed @stemlyns

https://www.stemlynsblog.org/ttl-tips-5-non-time-critical-trauma-handovers-part-1/

Advice on planning for trauma in Trauma Units. How does it differ to MTCs? James, Rory and John take us through some tips and ideas.

https://www.stemlynsblog.org/trauma-getting-the-tu-trauma-team-right/