In a country where most people live in remote hillside communities, tiny planes navigate mountain peaks in response to its worst emergencies — Read on http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/air-ambulance-serving-timor-lestes-only-hospital/
Category Archives: Aeromedical retrieval
Calls for better remote NT ambulance, aeromedical access after family forced to drive hours to hospital – ABC News
When Mr Marika felt sudden chest pain in a remote Northern Territory community, emergency services were out of reach. His community wants answers. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-12/nt-health-remote-ambulance-service-access-east-arnhem-land/102839046
Outback Australians rely on them but Royal Flying Doctor Service nurses say pay makes it hard to stay | Queensland | The Guardian
Queenslanders get behind RFDS nurses as pay dispute between charity and union heats up — Read on amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/02/royal-flying-doctor-service-pay-dispute-queensland
NSW Ambulance air service: Inside the Toll rescue helicopter
NSW Ambulance air service: Inside the Toll rescue helicopter — Read on amp.smh.com.au/national/nsw/cattle-crushes-and-raging-bulls-inside-the-nsw-air-ambulance-service-20230708-p5dmrz.html
Stablizing a “Code Blue” Patient in the Hangar | The Horn
Alpine HEMS training with Air Zermatt
Air-Ambulance Medic Fights To Save Injured Man’s Life | Emergency Down Under | Real Responders
Beware thrombosis risks of intubation for psychiatric aeromedical retrieval
Bush communities farewell renowned RFDS doctor Don Bowley OAM as he reflects on nearly 30 years of service – ABC News
Whether he was delivering babies in the middle of the bush or performing a procedure atop a pool table in a pub, Dr Don’s medical career has been nothing short of epic. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-22/doctor-don-bowley-rfds-outback/101858776
Aeromedical transfer of mental health patients in Western Australia
Resuscitation with blood products in patients with trauma-related haemorrhagic shock receiving prehospital care (RePHILL): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial – The Lancet Haematology
Resuscitation with blood products in patients with trauma-related haemorrhagic shock receiving prehospital care (RePHILL): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial – The Lancet Haematology — Read on http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(22)00040-0/fulltext
Prehospital Plasma during Air Medical Transport in Trauma Patients at Risk for Hemorrhagic Shock | NEJM
Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Prehospital Plasma during Air Medical Transport in Trauma Patients at Risk for Hemorrhagic Shock — Read on http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1802345
Delays in aeromedical retrieval close to shared borders in Outback
The move to long-range jets | AirMed&Rescue
The Covid-19 pandemic saw a global surge in demand for long-range jet air ambulance provision, driven largely by the operating restrictions placed on service providers. Jonathan Falconer looks at how the industry has responded to the demand for long-range jets, and whether this model of operation remains sustainable in the post-pandemic world — Read onContinue reading “The move to long-range jets | AirMed&Rescue”
Taking stroke detection into the skies | AirMed&Rescue
Ground-breaking new airborne lightweight CT scanners are under competitive development by the Australian Stroke Alliance. Jonathan Falconer reports on how the idea of taking diagnosis and treatment to the patient via aeromedical retrieval promises a leap forward in how stroke is diagnosed and treated in a pre-hospital setting — Read on http://www.airmedandrescue.com/latest/long-read/taking-stroke-detection-skies
Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine - THE PHARM dedicated to the memory of Dr John Hinds 