Author Archives: ketaminh

Ventilator‐assisted preoxygenation in an aeromedical retrieval setting – Latona – 2024 – Emergency Medicine Australasia – Wiley Online Library

Ventilator-assisted preoxygenation (VAPOX) is a method of preoxygenation and apnoeic ventilation, prior to intubation. This article describes the use of VAPOX during intubation of critically unwell p… — Read on onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1742-6723.14404

Risk of complications using a sedation protocol for aeromedical retrieval of acutely unwell mental health patients: a retrospective cohort study in Outback Australia | Emergency Medicine Journal

Risk of complications using a sedation protocol for aeromedical retrieval of acutely unwell mental health patients: a retrospective cohort study in Outback Australia | Emergency Medicine Journal — Read on emj.bmj.com/content/early/2025/07/15/emermed-2024-214719.long Editor’s comments : This is a good article comparing standardised protocol approach vs non protocolised approach to aeromedical retrieval of acute mental health patientsContinue reading “Risk of complications using a sedation protocol for aeromedical retrieval of acutely unwell mental health patients: a retrospective cohort study in Outback Australia | Emergency Medicine Journal”

Surviving the Nightmare: Massive Bleeding From Large Intraoral Arteriovenous Malformation During Airway Management for Angioembolization Procedure – PMC

Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) in the head and neck present significant challenges due to airway management complexities and hemorrhage risks. This case report describes a 15-year-old female with a congenital facial AVM causing dyspnea and … — Read on pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11681977/

Prehospital tranexamic acid is associated with a survival benefit without an increase in complications: Results of two harmonized randomized clinical trials – PMC

A secondary analysis was performed using harmonized data from two large, double-blinded, randomized prehospital TXA trials. Prehospital TXA is safe and independently associated with a dose-dependent lower 28-day mortality risk and lower 24-hour red … — Read on pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11422517/

Our Medicine

http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/our-medicine Episode 2 at 20min mark shows a psychiatric aeromedical retrieval from RFDS Cairns team with use of ketamine infusion for sedation . The patient is unintubated and responsive to voice but clearly calm and not agitated . As far as I know this is the first ever recorded televised footage of such a procedureContinue reading “Our Medicine”