Author Archives: ketaminh

Originally posted on AmboFOAM:
Sorry to carry on about this, but I can’t help myself… The other night SBS television in Australia aired a special on stroke (found online here)  It brought together some stroke survivors, neurologists, emergency doctors and so on to discuss stroke and stroke treatment.  Of course the issue of tPA for…

Originally posted on Mark Raines:
I wonder if the authors of the October 4th’s NEJM Journal Watch Alert saw the irony? Firstly a review of a paper which examined the utility of the precordial thump for out of hospital cardiac events. Nehme Z, Andrew E, Bernard SA, Smith K.  Treatment of monitored out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation…

Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
From The Intensive Care Network – another podcast from the SMACC 2013 conference. This is Dr Karel Habig, Medical Director of the Greater Sydney Area HEMS, discussing how experience from aeromedical retrieval can improve medical practice. Click HERE for the audio (right click to open it in a new tab),…

Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
In the latest edition of Air Medical Journal the British Columbia Ambulance Service’s AirEvac And Critical Care Operations has published a case series detailing the use of tranexamic aid by flight paramedics. The abstract for the paper can be found HERE. The paper details 13 patients who recieved TXA over…