Pre-hospital and Retrieval Environment – an excerpt from my Prehospital Anaesthesia and Airway syllabus

Pre-hospital and Retrieval Environment

The environment which we work in is unforgiving. It is a given that we will always be working with limited resources and staff. As a retrieval anaesthetist once quipped to a course class “There is no emergency button to push on the wall!” Continue reading “Pre-hospital and Retrieval Environment – an excerpt from my Prehospital Anaesthesia and Airway syllabus”

PHARM Podcast 11 – Rapid Sequence Airway with Dr Darren Braude

Hi folks, today I interview Dr Darren Braude, an emergency physician in New Mexico and the man most associated with the novel concept of the Rapid Sequence Airway

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PHARM Podcast 010 – Emergency Airway 101 with Dr Jim Du Canto

Thumbnail image for A Guide to Intubating through the Intubating Laryngeal Airway by James DuCanto

A special treat for those passionate about emergency airway management! Dr James Du Canto is an anaesthesiologist with a keen interest bordering on obsession with management of the difficult airway

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University Course in Retrieval Medicine – defining the discipline

Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia and Royal Flying Doctor Service Queensland have launched an immersive, innovative Retrieval Medicine course.

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Aeromedical Society of Australasia and Flight Nurses Australia 24th Scientific Meeting, 29th August to 1st September, Cairns, Australia

Hi, folks! Come join me at this awesome conference

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PHARM Podcast 009 – Prehospital airway literature updates with Dr Brian Burns

Hi folks! On this podcast I interview Dr Brian Burns, Emergency Physician and Retrieval Specialist with Greater Sydney Area  HEMS service, Sydney, Australia. He is the director of clinical research for his service so knows a thing or two about clinical studies!

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PHARM Podcast 007 – Emergency medicine physician assistants with Tom Pahl

Hi folks, today I interview Thomas Pahl, PA-C (physician assistant, emergency medicine), Mille Lacs Health System, Onamia, Minnesota.

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PHARM Podcast 006 – Helicopter vs. Ground Retrieval with Bill Hinckley

Hi folks, today I interview Dr Bill Hinckley, an emergency physician in Cincinnati, Ohio who also is a flight physician on the Helicopter Emergency Service(HEMS),Air Care & Mobile Care, UC Health – University Hospital

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