Category Archives: Rural medicine

Human factors in aviation errors – The Dirty Dozen

Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
Following a spate of aviation accidents in the 1980’s and 1990’s, Transport Canada and the aviation industry came up with the aviation ‘Dirty Dozen’ – human factors in aviation maintenance that commonly lead to errors. Consider these in the context of your prehospital or emergency service: . (thanks to Tim…

RFDS STAR Program – Essential Aspects of Aeromedical Retrieval course

ESSENTIAL ASPECTS OF AEROMEDICAL RETRIEVAL COURSE DETAILS Course Dates 2013 > 26, 27, 28 August 2013 – COURSE FULL! Deakin Management Centre, Deakin University Geelong Campus, Victoria (prior to the ASA 2013 Annual Scientific Meeting being held 29-30 August) 22, 23, 24 November 2013 – Brisbane – PLACES FILLING! Venue: Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy,Continue reading “RFDS STAR Program – Essential Aspects of Aeromedical Retrieval course”

Masterclass in Rural and Remote Medicine, Kangaroo Island November 2013

  Folks, dont miss this one if you are in Australia or close ! Masterclass in Rural and Remote Medicine by Dr Tim Leeuwenburg and friends! Knowing Tim, it will feature heavily on practical training for those who need to provide emergency resuscitation and critical care to injured and ill a long way from anContinue reading “Masterclass in Rural and Remote Medicine, Kangaroo Island November 2013”

CASE #5 : SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY BABY

Originally posted on Rural Doctors Net:
I am putting this one up more to invite contributions from the community. It’s a case that has been included for our PRCC students – the guys who spend the entire third year of their four year graduate entry medical degree attached to a rural community (the so-called parallel…