UCEM Archives • LITFL https://litfl.com/category/ucem/ Emergency medicine education and critical care education blog Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:58:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://litfl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-LITFL-Logo-Square-516-TR-100x100.png UCEM Archives • LITFL https://litfl.com/category/ucem/ 32 32 124409178 Eponymyth: The Moseley Stitch-Up™ https://litfl.com/the-moseley-stitch-up/ https://litfl.com/the-moseley-stitch-up/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=319484 Benjamin Taylor Eponymyth: The Moseley Stitch-Up™

One technique to rule them all, one transducer to find them, one suture to bring them up, and in the subcutis bind them. The Moseley Stitch-Up

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Waiting Room Medicine https://litfl.com/waiting-room-medicine/ https://litfl.com/waiting-room-medicine/#comments Sun, 03 Nov 2024 03:00:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=196918 Mike Cadogan Waiting Room Medicine

With exponential Emergency Department over-crowding and spiraling waiting times, the Utopian College has produced a series of guidelines to assist fondling members.

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UCEM says No to Softness https://litfl.com/ucem-says-no-to-softness/ https://litfl.com/ucem-says-no-to-softness/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:06:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=196933 Mike Cadogan UCEM says No to Softness

The Utopian College of Emergency for Medicine (UCEM) is proud to announce a new policy pertaining to the discipline of peri-departmental medicine. Until now, the softest admissions - such as the Patient Without Discernible Pathology (PWDP) - have been the toughest dispositions.

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The Evolution of Utopian Medicine https://litfl.com/the-evolution-of-utopian-medicine/ https://litfl.com/the-evolution-of-utopian-medicine/#respond Sat, 10 Aug 2024 14:07:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=196934 Mike Cadogan The Evolution of Utopian Medicine

Defining the history of Utopian Medicine and the Utopian Intervention Zone outlining the pertinent factors influencing dyshopia

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UCEM Relocates https://litfl.com/ucem-relocates/ https://litfl.com/ucem-relocates/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:45:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=197015 Mike Cadogan UCEM Relocates

The UCEM have relocated from Swarmington-on-the-Wold to the more picturesque setting of Enlightenment Boulevard thanks to the generosity of it's fondling members

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Interview with the UCEM President https://litfl.com/interview-with-the-ucem-president/ https://litfl.com/interview-with-the-ucem-president/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2024 12:38:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=197001 Mike Cadogan Interview with the UCEM President

Today the UCEM released the first in a series of interviews by Hilda Lutenblag with Sir Hubert Ignatius Thompson the Third

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Supremus Totus Vindicatum Haud Officium https://litfl.com/supremus-totus-vindicatum-haud-officium/ https://litfl.com/supremus-totus-vindicatum-haud-officium/#respond Wed, 31 Jul 2024 12:48:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=197002 Mike Cadogan Supremus Totus Vindicatum Haud Officium

MUPPET Mastermind and the UCEM principal motto...Supremus Totus Vindicatum Haud Officium - above all, take no responsibility

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UCEM OSCE SCENARIO 005 https://litfl.com/ucem-osce-scenario-2020/ https://litfl.com/ucem-osce-scenario-2020/#respond Tue, 02 Jul 2024 08:10:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=197076 Neil Long UCEM OSCE SCENARIO 005

UCEM OSCE SCENARIO 005. You are the ED Consultant in charge of a tertiary hospital ED - You take handover from the night team.

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UCEM to Save the NHS https://litfl.com/ucem-to-save-the-nhs/ https://litfl.com/ucem-to-save-the-nhs/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2024 13:45:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=197018 Chris Nickson UCEM to Save the NHS

Egerton Y. Davis IV, Head of UCEM's Demographically Impartial Public & Social Health Improvement Taskforce, made an important announcement today. Davis said that his team have been allocated the task of saving Britain's National Health Service.

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Patients Without Discernible Pathology https://litfl.com/patients-without-discernible-pathology/ https://litfl.com/patients-without-discernible-pathology/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:54:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=191503 Chris Nickson Patients Without Discernible Pathology

The toughest of all dispositions is the 'patient without discernible pathology' (PWDP). What does the enlightened emergency physician do next?

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Putting Patients at Ease https://litfl.com/putting-patients-at-ease/ https://litfl.com/putting-patients-at-ease/#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 14:03:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=197174 Chris Nickson Putting Patients at Ease

A new UCEM guideline is out: "Putting Patients at Ease". Apparently the best way to learn how to do something is to first learn how NOT to do it.

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Downstairs Patients, Upstairs! https://litfl.com/downstairs-patients-upstairs/ https://litfl.com/downstairs-patients-upstairs/#respond Mon, 13 May 2024 13:45:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=197016 Chris Nickson Downstairs Patients, Upstairs!

UCEM have enlisted the help of Dr. Scott Weingart (without his knowledge of course) to improve the care of patients presenting for assessment by Waiting Room Medicine subspecialists.

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