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Posts from the ‘Prehospital medicine’ Category

May 15

The Thin Red line

There are plenty of times in the land of retrieval (and in some prehospital settings) where you need a little bit more than the simple squeezy cuff gives you. An arterial line. Maybe we could share some tips that work for at least one person with the hope of encouraging people to share theirs. This post is from […]

via The Red Line — The Collective

May 10

A career start on the PHARM? Northern Australia is calling!

May 9

Twitter, ethics and emergency services – a cautionary tale

Apr 9

Prehospital trauma course

Mar 29

Seriously, just Kalm Down

Following on from my previous post on managing the agitated patient…

via Seriously, just Kalm Down! — AmboFOAM

Mar 28

Paediatric Retrieval

When I’m not working in the emergency department, playing with my children or doing DFTB ‘stuff’ I work for the state retrieval service. As the name Adult Retrieval Victoria implies I spend my time moving and coordinating the movement of critically ill or injured adults around the state. There is a dearth of retrieval textbooks…

via PETS knowledge — Don’t Forget the Bubbles

Mar 18

Macgyver Medicine

So you’re out there somewhere and you really want to do a thing you think might help but you don’t have your standard kit. Can you adopt the lessons of Richard Dean Anderson and improvise? Mel Brown has you covered. Okay, so I am guessing from the title of this post you have a good idea […]

via MacGyver Medicine — The Collective

Mar 17

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Victorian prehospital chemical restraint 2017 update

It’s time for another post on everyone’s favourite drug: ketamine! Hooray! Ok, so this is not entirely about ketamine, but ketamine does come into it. AV paramedics have recently received training to administer IM ketamine to agitated patients as part of a greater focus on paramedic safety when managing these situations(MICA paramedics have had ketamine for […]

via Just Kalm Down! — AmboFOAM

Editors note : I find it surprising given the Australian research published on acute behavioural disturbance and updated guidelines in Queensland and NSW recently, that droperidol is not included in these latest Victorian Ambulance protocols. Why it has not replaced midazolam given its superior safety profile in the research, is baffling. And when its written that mild – moderate agitation can be managed with “a little midazolam”, I would suggest an oral agent is likely just as effective in this situation than a needle.

 

Mar 7

MICA Flight Paramedic tells the incredible story of how they saved a 10yo boy

Mar 6

New avalanche trauma guidelines!

Mar 4

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The coolest job in the world!

Mar 4

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Midazolam is not an ACLS drug

Feb 15

The success of pre-hospital tracheal intubation by different pre-hospital providers (2017 update)

Feb 7

Tactical Trauma Conference 2017!

Feb 6

Australia’s First Stroke Ambulance!

Happy New Year, and welcome back to the sporadic blog known as AmboFOAM. I thought I would start the year on a positive note, and what better way than by looking at one of the new initiatives happening here in Melbourne: an Australian first Stroke Ambulance!

via Wheels rolling for exciting advance in stroke therapy? — AmboFOAM

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