Category Archives: Prehospital medicine
SMACCFORCE – What to EXPECT
Thoughts from the Control Tower
Originally posted on The Collective:
This is the first of what we hope will be a series of posts from Dr Paul Bailey who works as a Medical Director for CareFlight International Air Ambulance. Paul will try to provide insights into the challenges of managing retrievals across oceans. Here’s the starter. In his real life,…
ABC of Transfer and Retrieval Medicine
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
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!
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…
Soft neck collar to replace hard – times are a changin!
Arterial Line Setup & “Alternative Use” – August EVO entry!
Well done on a great entry by UCAIRCARE/TAMINGTHESRU folks, Dr Jeff Hill and Dr Mike Steurwald! CHECK OUT ALL THE ENTRIES HERE
GOODSAM APP – Your new superpower in a phone
as shown on Sky TV here Also check out the GOODSAMAPP website here
Deploying the Video Laryngoscope into a Ground EMS System
Bubbles in the Wilderness at Adventuremedic
Digital intubation but not as you know it
Scalpel Finger Bougie Cricothyrotomy for SMACC 2014 from Scott from EMCrit on Vimeo. This is the technique for surgical airway as taught at Greater Sydney Area HEMS. Thanks for Scott Weingart for producing this demonstration video
Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine - THE PHARM dedicated to the memory of Dr John Hinds 