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Category Archives: FOAMEd
What if? Teamwork in Emergency Airway Management
Martin Bromiley awarded Difficult Airway Society medal
Martin Bromiley awarded DAS medal for bringing Human Factors into discussion of patient safety & airway mgmt pic.twitter.com/22soDKmPYf — Richard Levitan (@airwaycam) November 14, 2014
THE MASTER
8 years ago I met Dr Levitan and read his seminal book on emergency airway management. It was like a light was turned on in a dark room. Since then, with his teachings I have NEVER failed an intubation/airway to date. A living legend of Emergency medicine and airway management
You are what you eat
EDIBLE CRICOTHYROTOMY MODEL from Rob Bryant on Vimeo.
Bringing the ED to the patient!
When Harry fell hard on his wrist we flew the emergency department to him saving his family a 5hr car ride @ketaminh pic.twitter.com/2h0lYJCjF5 — Royal Flying Doctor (@RoyalFlyingDoc) November 7, 2014
Scalpel Finger Bougie -Life Saving Art
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Dr Brian Burns shows that even other conferences recommend SMACC CHICAGO ! He is presenting here at Rural Medicine Australia 2014 in Sydney. Tweeted photo courtesy of @FlyTexan
NORTHERN PHARM
The Extraordinary Life Of A Flight Paramedic In The Canadian Arctic Thanks to @nutmeig on Twitter for alerting me to this brilliant article and photography of Northern PHARM!
Helicopter emergency services: A disparity between aviation and medical proficiency
Check out Mike’s insightful call to improve HEMS safety and quality here!
Keeping it all together
Check out Tim’s brilliant OCD post here!
Preferred position?
Auckland HEMS prehospital blood transfusion – coming soon to a helicopter near you
Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
Bloody hell. Pretty much summarizes the severe traumas that define the essence of our trade. And sometimes, the answer to critical bleeding is to give blood. We are grateful to our colleagues at Sydney HEMS, who advise: “blood is provided to transfuse patients with life-threatening bleeding after meticulous attention to hemorrhage…
Episode 17 – The Spleen!
Originally posted on FOAMcast:
(ITUNES OR LISTEN HERE) The Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) We review Dr. Scott Weingart’s episode 133 on pre-hospital REBOA (resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta). Weingart interviews Dr. Gareth Davies about the encounter, underscoring the increasing use of REBOA. For a quick REBOA refresher, check out Episode 121. REBOA (Review of…
Airway vs Vomit
Check out full article over at Taming The SRU HERE KUDOS TO Drs : Jim DuCanto, Mike Steurwald & Jeff Hill !!!
Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine - THE PHARM dedicated to the memory of Dr John Hinds 