Category Archives: Prehospital medicine

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? —Continue reading “Australia’s First Stroke Ambulance!”

The End of the Road — Adventure Medic

Dr Anne Brants / Emergency Physician, Netherlands Dr Isla Madeleine Wormald / ACCS Trainee, UK This article is a brilliant reminder of why expeditions are such a challenging and interesting setting in which to practice medicine. Anna and Isla have done a great job of summarising the lessons to be learned, many of which willContinue reading “The End of the Road — Adventure Medic”

Interview with the Author: AfJEM: Michael McCaul on South African pre-hospital guidelines — #badEM

Series: “Interview with the Author…” The badEM crew interviewed Michael McCaul regarding his newly released article in AfJEM Volume 6 Issue 3 entitled: “South African Pre-hospital practice guidelines: Report on progress & way forward” by Michael McCaul, Ben de Waal, Peter Hodkinson & Karen Grimmer Link to open access article: Click here Corresponding author email:Continue reading “Interview with the Author: AfJEM: Michael McCaul on South African pre-hospital guidelines — #badEM”

Invitation: The Inaugural Lecture on Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine — Auckland HEMS

Auckland HEMS, ARHT, and ADHB are delighted to welcome Dr Stephen Hearns from Scotland’s Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (EMRS) to Auckland. Dr Hearns will be presenting a lecture entitled ‘Building an Integrated Pre-Hospital Retrieval and Medical Service: The Scottish Experience‘ at 5pm Monday 28 November. All welcome! via Invitation: The Inaugural Lecture on Pre-Hospital and RetrievalContinue reading “Invitation: The Inaugural Lecture on Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine — Auckland HEMS”

The Remote Bad Stuff — The Collective

Last time Jodie Martin, Flight Nurse extraordinaire dropped by she shared one of our most popular posts ever. Jodie returns with a little on the Top End experience of sepsis. Time for a look at some remote medicine again. CareFlight provides the aeromedical service for the top half of the Northern Territory (NT) in Australia. […]Continue reading “The Remote Bad Stuff — The Collective”