Our monthly round up of all from the St Emlyn's blog. We discuss pathways into emergency care research, pad positioning in cardioversion of AF and possible gender differences in the presciption of TXA in trauma. We also chat about travel in Lithuania, memories of defibrillating with hand held paddles and Simon's recent forst infection with COVID. We mention a post on Lyme disease which you can read here (especially if you live near the New Forest...)