Jun 30

Welcome to the first ever AmboFOAM podcast

well done Rob!

Well, I’ve finally got motivated and got on to doing a podcast. This is for the new paramedic, volunteer or paramedic student just beginning their career.

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Jun 26

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Crimson Tide by Dr Andrew Tagg

Doctor at Sea

Jun 25

Intubation by paramedics using the ILMA or AirTraq, KingVision, and Macintosh laryngoscopes in vehicle-entrapped patients: a manikin study

blind intubation via ILMA

Jun 24

PHARM Podcast 74 Air Ambulance Safety with Dr Mike Abernethy

Dr Mike Abernethy, Flight Physician , Wisconsin, USA

I am putting this one up more to invite contributions from the community. It’s a case that has been included for our PRCC students – the guys who spend the entire third year of their four year graduate entry medical degree attached to a rural community (the so-called parallel rural community curriculum).

Time will tell whether this initiative translates to a career in rural medicine. However one thing is clear, the PRCC students are far more likely to get hands-on experience, whether it be doing minor gynae procedures, assisting at a LSCS, basics of airway management, assessment of undifferentiated patients in the ED or having own consulting sessions.

This week’s problem-based learning session is on a neonate with breathing and feeding difficulties. As an experiment, I am putting the case up and hoping that #FOAMed enthusiasts will be able to comment – because I’d love to demonstrate the power of…

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Jun 21

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Sedative only intubation using video laryngoscopy vs direct laryngoscopy

sedative only intubation

Jun 19

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Controlled rapid sequence induction & intubation

Jun 17

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Airway Checklist Practicalities and FOAMed PHARM Kit Dump Update

Confessions of a novice PHARM co-author: I am guilty of blogging negligence for not posting this sooner. I had an asynchronous conversation with Scott Weingart on Airway Checklist real world implementation … Read more

Jun 15

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