Mar 18
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 […]
Mar 17
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 […]
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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.
MICA Flight Paramedic tells the incredible story of how they saved a 10yo boy's life –> https://t.co/EQD6zmJKtS pic.twitter.com/KW9JIWdFC0
— 3AW Melbourne (@3AW693) March 6, 2017
New practice guidelines for avalanche burial victims now available from @WildMedSociety. Available here: https://t.co/rOVvDiv19z #wildmed
— Steve Roy (@DrSteveRoy) March 6, 2017
Mar 4
Great work team! Midazolam associated with worse outcomes so we have introduced fentanyl and/or ketamine if awareness is present during CPR https://t.co/WLiaeKFjqb
— Stephen Bernard (@AmbVicMedic) February 23, 2017
The success of pre-hospital tracheal intubation by different pre-hospital providers https://t.co/vBzP6BwDZV#FOAMed
— Critical Care (@Crit_Care) February 14, 2017
Interested in trauma, #PHEM, tactical EM,Critical care?https://t.co/z8Zo6a8TkD Oct 10-11
Ping @SFLPA_SFAI @jgollw @LDNairamb @Luftambulansen pic.twitter.com/Dsp8CayKne— TacticalTrauma17 (@TacTrauma17) January 29, 2017
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
Continuing a theme started with a practical post on direct and indirect pressure for haemorrhage control, Greg Brown (Education Manager amongst other things) discusses the things he’s learned about how to figure out what you need in a kit. I remember the first time as a young Nursing Officer in the Australian Army I went on exercise […]
via I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now (Edition 2 – Packs) — The Collective
Dec 13
Prehospital Ketamine for chemical restraint? A review by @PECpodcast. https://t.co/ZoNnEigWxH ; @NAEMSP @ketaminh #FOAMems #FOAMed pic.twitter.com/vj8EQNWGHE
— EMS MEd (@EMS_MEd) December 12, 2016
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 will ring true to first-time and…
Dec 5
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: mmccaul@sun.ac.za Author’s twitter handle: @MikeMcCaul3…
via Interview with the Author: AfJEM: Michael McCaul on South African pre-hospital guidelines — #badEM
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 Retrieval Medicine — Auckland HEMS
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