Author Archives: ketaminh

Tactical Update from Careflight

OK it’s a few weeks back, but here’s Greg Brown with the lowdown on a conference about tactical matters. Conferences: a formal meeting of people with a shared interest, typically one that takes place over several days; the means by which professionals from around the globe congregate with a view to learning from each other. […]Continue reading “Tactical Update from Careflight”

Update on emergency care in South Africa 2017

As part of the EMSSA/ECCSA conference in Sun City we attended an update on where we are with the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) in the Emergency Care field of South Africa. Introducing the topic Michael McCaul (researcher from the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Stellenbosch University) gave us an overview of his research on the… viaContinue reading “Update on emergency care in South Africa 2017”

INtraosseous access update 2017

The various devices which Tony discusses are: This video shows the rapidity of infusion entering the circulation from a humeral IO. This is the paper mentioned by Tony, which shows the stepwise improvement in mortality amongst combat casualties from military conflict 2003-2012, including the ‘unicorn’ graph: Anatomy of bones and the humerus related to intraosseusContinue reading “INtraosseous access update 2017”