Missed the conference? Well check out the presenters` slides at least! Some gems here by Dr Brent May on videolaryngoscopes and MICA flight paramedic Matt Shepherd on difficult prehospital airway case. PRESENTATONS FROM MELBOURNE 2013 CONFERENCE
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MEDEST Review. Speciale FOAMED Italy
Originally posted on MEDEST:
This is a special edition dedicated to what’s on in Italy about FOAmed Blog and authors. This is not intended as a comprehensive review but just a brief look on Italian way to blog in emergency medicine. So sorry in advance if I forgot someone. Instead notify me any Blog you…
Cosa ti sei perso questa settimana! MEDEST Review 08
Originally posted on MEDEST:
This week MEDEST review is a summary of the best posts in the FOAMED (free on line medical education) net. Is a way to thank all the Blogs, and their authors, that inspired MEDEST from his beginning and continue, day by day, to inspire his activity. Thanks to everyone and enjoy!…
Auckland HEMS app under development
Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
In the last few days there has been talk on the twittersphere about retrieval apps. First mock-up – content required! Auckland HEMS is currently developing an app for use in our service. For the first iteration we have chosen a DIY web-based application (ibuildapp.com) to create the app. Examples of…
Auckland HEMS – the first two years
Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
This slideshow, assembled by Dr Chris Denny, shows the ARHT & Auckland HEMS team during the first two years of the HEMS initiative. It was presented at a recent strategic planning meeting to plot the future course of the service. The gentleman whose photo is shown at the start is…
Ketamina e trauma cranico/ Ketamine use in Traumatic Brain Injury
Originally posted on MEDEST:
Some weeks ago we pubblished this post: I’m deeply convinced that Ketamine use in TBI is safe, and that the evidences against his use in patients with TBI are based on old and small case studies affected by major limitations. The recent evidences that shown as Ketamine doesn’t race ICP, despite…
Brian Burns – Always carry your scalpel
Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
Have we been waiting for this! Courtesy of The Intensive Care Network – here is Dr Brian Burns (Greater Sydney Area HEMS) speaking at SMACC 2013 on prehospital procedures… Click HERE for the audio (right click to open this in a new tab) Accompanying slides below:
Interview with Remote Area Nurse Jaine Morris
My pal Dr Douglas Lynch (aka @TheTopEnd) interviews a remote nurse Jaine from Lockhart River, a remote community that the Royal Flying Doctor Service visits to provide medical outreach. Listening to the interview I suddenly remembered the phone call a while ago from Jaine asking for advice about how to remove glass from aContinue reading “Interview with Remote Area Nurse Jaine Morris”
Should paramedics perform tracheal intubation?
Learning curve for paramedic endotracheal intubation and complications
(picture courtesy of Twitter Queensland Ambulance)
Open Access The difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 2 – The anticipated difficult airway
More Canadian open access airway goodness! no excuses to catch up with the reading! Open Access The difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 2 – The anticipated difficult airway
The difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 1 – Difficult tracheal intubation encountered in an unconscious/induced patient
Canadian journal of anaesthesia OPEN access article. AWESOME work! The difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 1 – Difficult tracheal intubation encountered in an unconscious/induced patient
Inexpensive video-laryngoscopy guided intubation using a personal computer: initial experience of a novel technique
(improvised video laryngoscope setup during testing a colleague and I did)
Monash Emergency Surgical Airway Kit
Check out the full article by Dr Nicholas Chrimes
Demonstration of Factors Influencing Performance of Oxygen Delivery Devices
Check out the full post by Dr Nicholas CHrimes

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