Improving prehospital care in rural Australia – Time to borrow from overseas models? by Dr Tim Leeuwenberg

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Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine Podcast Inaugural Open Mic competition

Slide from Dr Karel Habig's talk " To Air is HUman" at SMACC 2013
Slide from Dr Karel Habig’s talk ” To Air is HUman” at SMACC 2013 ( Dr Oli Flower (moderator) is shown)

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Aeromedical Retrieval master tips for ventilation using traditional and novel devices

OXYLATOR EMX IN FLIGHT

Dr Harold Shim demonstrates hybrid use of two ventilator devices in an aeromedical transport in Africa. Oxylator EMX , pressure limited, gas driven device and Oxylog 3000, multimodal transport ventilator. very nice technique for making loading and unloading and ambulance transfer easier with smaller device sufficient for handover and transition phases between transport modalities, saving on bulky weight of bigger devices  like the Oxylog 3000. Monitoring with small devices like EMMA capnometer and finger pulse oximeter would be fine for these transition phases of care too. Note use of Oxylog 3000 with variable FiO2 to conserve O2 supply which was issue with Oxylator.

Bravo, Dr Shim, bravo!

(I have no financial disclosures with any of these devices)