Category Archives: obstetrics

Tranexamic saves lives in post partum bleeding!

Tranexamic acid reduces death due to bleeding in women with post-partum haemorrhage – findings from the #WOMANTrial https://t.co/Lq4vdhSH6p pic.twitter.com/L3HWvgTXsk — The Lancet (@TheLancet) April 26, 2017 #TXA reduced deaths of mothers caused by bleeding after #childbirth by 1/3 https://t.co/VHEVsfDXgp @TheLancet @gatesfoundation #WOMANtrial pic.twitter.com/7uk6B7F5LG — LSHTM press (@LSHTMpress) April 26, 2017

Unexpected at 24,000 Feet — The Collective

Contributors Dr Toby Shipway and Flight Nurse Jodie Martin return with a little about something that would make any retrievalist sweat – delivering babies in the air. A call came into the Logistics Coordination centre from a nurse in a remote health centre, worried about new contractions in a pregnant woman who was 31 weeksContinue reading “Unexpected at 24,000 Feet — The Collective”

A Bit Early and A Bit Far Away

We welcome another new contributor to the site with this post. Jodie Martin is a clinical educator and flight nurse working in the Top End of Australia. She has just finished up a Masters which included looking at a big retrieval challenge – preterm births in the wild reaches of the Northern Territory.  Which retrieval taskings scare youContinue reading “A Bit Early and A Bit Far Away”