Fellow blogger and FOAMed aficiando, Dr Brannigan of UNDERNEATHEM wrote a reflective article on his SMACC 2013 experience. After publishing last night, here is the Twitter conversation that ensued
HI folks, here is a Twitter case discussion we had last night on patient with flash pulmonary oedema, rapid AF and critical aortic stenosis awaiting surgery.
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)
A meeting of prehospital providers at end of Day One at SMACC 2013 Sydney conference.
Dr Doug Lynch (@TheTopEnd) interviews the following guests: (right to left)
Dr Anne Creaton, Emergency Physician and Retrieval medicine specialist with Adult Retrieval Victoria in Melbourne. She runs a pretty cool RETRIEVAL MEDICINE AQUATIC SAFARI COURSE in Fiji, 13-18th April, 2013.
Flight Paramedic Ben Meadley of MICA Victoria and author of prehospital blog, Prehospitalpro.
Dr Toby Fogg, Emergency physician and Retrieval medicine specialist with Careflight Sydney and author of the AirwayRegistry
Dr Stefan Mazur, Emergency physician, Chief Medical Officer of South Australian Ambulance and Retrieval medicine specialist with MedSTAR Adelaide
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