In memory of Dr John Hinds
I was fortunate last night to be able to catch up with Tim Leeuwenberg of ruraldoctors.net when he flew in to Melbourne for the ETMCourse. Along with a very convivial dinner at Bistro Vue on Little Collins street, we managed to bash out a quick podcast as well. We discussed a little of life as a paramedic, treatment of Acute Pulmonary Oedema by MICA Paramedics, and of course the obligatory bit on airway management.
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By Dr Chris Denny, Auckland HEMS Medical Director
In the early days of Auckland HEMS, we loosely ‘bolted on’ our equipment to the existing paramedic gear. As time passed and we forged a strong collaborative relationship with our paramedic colleagues, the performance gap in our gear required a solution. One year ago we held an ‘Ergonomic Equipment Exercise’, led by Dr. Samantha Bendall (on sabbatical from Sydney, NSW). From this evening of pack testing we learned to focus on integration. Several design concepts guided our work:
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Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine - THE PHARM dedicated to the memory of Dr John Hinds 
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