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Scary Little Creatures

Originally posted on The Collective:
Dr Andrew Weatherall does prehospital doctor stuff but spends lots of time serving the somnolent god of anaesthesia in a tertiary paediatric hospital. He has particular interests in cardiac, thoracic, trauma and liver transplant anaesthesia and is trying to be a PhD student in his spare time. You can also find…

Bougie aided video assisted intubation through King Laryngeal Tube

MEDEST If you have a patient with a King LT in place and want to intubate him use the Bougie and the videolaryngoscope. It works perfectly. Here is the video tutorial. View original post

SMACC CHICAGO ! Register in 7 days !

Dr Brian Burns shows that even other conferences recommend SMACC CHICAGO ! He is presenting here at Rural Medicine Australia 2014 in Sydney. Tweeted photo courtesy of @FlyTexan

The Bind About Pelvic Binders (Part 2)

Originally posted on The Collective:
This is part 2 in Dr Alan Garner’s series on pelvic fractures and the approach to binders. You can find part 1 here. In part one we had a look at the evidence for benefit from pelvic binders. In short there is no study yet published showing a significant improvement…

NORTHERN PHARM

The Extraordinary Life Of A Flight Paramedic In The Canadian Arctic Thanks to @nutmeig on Twitter for alerting me to this brilliant article and photography of Northern PHARM!

Helicopter emergency services: A disparity between aviation and medical proficiency

Check out Mike’s insightful call to improve HEMS safety and quality here!

Keeping it all together

Check out Tim’s brilliant OCD post here!

The Bind When it Comes to Using a Binder

Originally posted on The Collective:
This post by Dr Alan Garner is the first of a trio on the topic of pelvic fractures and the evidence for what to do. Alan is an emergency physician at Nepean Hospital in Sydney and the Medical Director of CareFlight, having started in prehospital medicine in 1996. He has…

Mechanical CPR: Three CHEERS or a big thumbs down?

Originally posted on AmboFOAM:
There has been a fair bit about mechanical CPR devices floating around the FOAMasphere lately, so I thought I should probably do a post. These devices are not exactly new (check out the Thumper, in use in Victoria in the 70s) However, there seems to be a surge in interest in these…

Delayed Sequence Intubation: A Prospective Observational Study

Preferred position?

Auckland HEMS prehospital blood transfusion – coming soon to a helicopter near you

Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
Bloody hell. Pretty much summarizes the severe traumas that define the essence of our trade. And sometimes, the answer to critical bleeding is to give blood. We are grateful to our colleagues at Sydney HEMS, who advise: “blood is provided to transfuse patients with life-threatening bleeding after meticulous attention to hemorrhage…

NODESAT JUST GOT BETTER!

Episode 17 – The Spleen!

Originally posted on FOAMcast:
(ITUNES OR LISTEN HERE) The Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) We review Dr. Scott Weingart’s episode 133 on pre-hospital REBOA (resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta). Weingart interviews Dr. Gareth Davies about the encounter, underscoring the increasing use of REBOA. For a quick REBOA refresher, check out Episode 121. REBOA (Review of…