The Elephant in the Room: Airway Stuff for Non-Intubators

Tim Wallace, emergency nurse, midwife and flight nurse from the Top End, returns to the blog with a different look at a popular topic – airway management.  Some stuff to ponder for the non-intubators…  Do you routinely assess, plan and prepare for airway issues in patients with a risk of airway compromise? Could you honestlyContinue reading “The Elephant in the Room: Airway Stuff for Non-Intubators”

ETM Podcast Episode 10 – Bruce Paix & Andrew Perry – Haemorrhage control in trauma

In this episode Andrew Perry interviews Bruce Paix, a very experienced pre-hospital/retrieval (and military) Anaesthetist and trauma expert about haemorrhage control in trauma. This is a great episode with some real pearls.  Bruce challenges the traditional teaching in trauma by asking us to not be afraid of the hypotensive trauma patient, but rather to accept…Continue reading “ETM Podcast Episode 10 – Bruce Paix & Andrew Perry – Haemorrhage control in trauma”