emergency medicine
Coverage of emergency medicine in the Nexus archive.
- Black doctors in England four times less likely to get training places than white counterparts
Black doctors in England are four times less likely to be offered training places than white counterparts, according to NHS data. For one placement, Black applicants had less than a 1 in 100 chance of being offered a place.
- The Case Against Calling It 'Emergency Medicine'
The article argues that the term 'emergency medicine' has significant consequences, shaping expectations, clinical behavior, system design, resource allocation, and medical practice. It emphasizes that naming conventions in medicine directly influence how systems and care are structured.
- Show HN: Live breath detection and biofeedback from a phone microphone
Felix, a family doctor from ZH, Switzerland, developed 'shii • haa', a breathing app that uses a phone's microphone for live biofeedback. The app combines signal processing, a breathing state machine, and machine learning to promote self-awareness without gamification, processing data on-device without uploading audio.
- Opinion: The virtual end of the doctor’s office waiting room
The article discusses the traditional waiting room in doctor's offices as a cultural norm in medicine, highlighting the role of triage in determining patient wait times. It reflects on the author's experience in emergency medicine and the systemic expectation of waiting for care.