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Elephants and Expeditions: Medicine in the Wilderness — Adventure Medic

Dr Saskia Loysen / Foundation Doctor / Bristol Having attended the World Extreme Medicine conference in Edinburgh, Saskia felt totally inspired by the people she met and the stories they told, so asked one of the speakers if she could join him for her senior undergraduate medical elective. Here, she reflects on her life-changing experience… viaContinue reading “Elephants and Expeditions: Medicine in the Wilderness — Adventure Medic”

JC: Can HEMS improve patient outcome in Traumatic Cardiac Arrest? St Emlyn’s — St.Emlyn’s

St.Emlyn’s – Emergency Medicine #FOAMed This week we are briefly looking at an interesting paper that suggests that HEMS services have much to offer in the management of traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA). We know that outcomes from TCA are poor, though arguably similar to the outcomes in medical cardiac arrest, but there is the possibility… viaContinue reading “JC: Can HEMS improve patient outcome in Traumatic Cardiac Arrest? St Emlyn’s — St.Emlyn’s”