SBAR improves nurse-physician communication and reduces unexpected death: A pre and post intervention study.

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Safety and feasibility of prehospital extra corporeal life support implementation by non-surgeons for out-of-hospital refractory cardiac arrest

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( image from Twitter, courtesy of Dr Brian Burns @HawkmoonHEMS)

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Near-Complete Supraglottic Transection of the Larynx after a Motorbike Accident

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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, Whyte Island, Lytton, Brisbane

STORZ CMAC intubation for head GSW patient


This is from Dr Larry Mellick Youtube channel. I highlight this video to demonstrate a couple of things.
1. Good demonstration of CMAC VL in trauma patient with cervical spine precautions
2. Leaving cervical spine collar insitu during intubation attempt. Not my recommendation but you can see it is possible when using an indirect VL like CMAC. Larry actually advises taking collar off during the video but the intubator manages to get the tube in without doing that. If possible raised ICP, probably good idea to remove cervical collar anyway