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Working with Standards that are Forgetful – Australian NSQHS Standards and Retrieval Medicine

Originally posted on The Collective:
In times where external standards are increasingly applied to health services, where does retrieval medicine fit in? Dr Alan Garner shares his insights after wrestling with the Australian National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards process.  In Australia, national reform processes for health services began in the years following the 2007…

HEMS vs GEMS. By ground or by air: which is the best way to take care of traumatized patients

MEDEST 22 years old male hit from a car on the roadside of an urban area.The ground EMS ambulance (physician, nurse staffed), dispatched on scene, find the patient alert, oriented and spontaneously breathing. His vitals are:GCS 15 , RR 20, SaO2 95, HR 85, SBP 110No mention of head trauma.Chest no sign of trauma, bilateralContinue reading “HEMS vs GEMS. By ground or by air: which is the best way to take care of traumatized patients”