Following on from the Medical Directors’ Forum at ITIC Global in Athens in October 2022, a Position Paper has been published on the international aeromedical transport of patients with psychiatric conditions — Read on http://www.itij.com/latest/long-read/medical-directors-position-paper-repatriating-psychiatric-patients
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Ventilator‐assisted preoxygenation in an aeromedical retrieval setting – Latona – 2024 – Emergency Medicine Australasia – Wiley Online Library
Ventilator-assisted preoxygenation (VAPOX) is a method of preoxygenation and apnoeic ventilation, prior to intubation. This article describes the use of VAPOX during intubation of critically unwell p… — Read on onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1742-6723.14404
Risk of complications using a sedation protocol for aeromedical retrieval of acutely unwell mental health patients: a retrospective cohort study in Outback Australia | Emergency Medicine Journal
Risk of complications using a sedation protocol for aeromedical retrieval of acutely unwell mental health patients: a retrospective cohort study in Outback Australia | Emergency Medicine Journal — Read on emj.bmj.com/content/early/2025/07/15/emermed-2024-214719.long Editor’s comments : This is a good article comparing standardised protocol approach vs non protocolised approach to aeromedical retrieval of acute mental health patientsContinue reading “Risk of complications using a sedation protocol for aeromedical retrieval of acutely unwell mental health patients: a retrospective cohort study in Outback Australia | Emergency Medicine Journal”
Ketamine versus propofol for sedation in acute psychiatric emergencies during aeromedical retrieval: a randomized controlled trial
Ketamine versus propofol for sedation in acute psychiatric emergencies during aeromedical retrieval: a randomized controlled trial — Read on http://www.aeromedconference.com/10079
Our Medicine
http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/our-medicine Episode 2 at 20min mark shows a psychiatric aeromedical retrieval from RFDS Cairns team with use of ketamine infusion for sedation . The patient is unintubated and responsive to voice but clearly calm and not agitated . As far as I know this is the first ever recorded televised footage of such a procedureContinue reading “Our Medicine”
The challenges of remote mental health care in Far North Australia
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Air-Ambulance Medic Fights To Save Injured Man’s Life | Emergency Down Under | Real Responders
Paramedics Respond To Injured Man Following Dangerous Crash | Emergency Down Under | Real Responders
Aeromedical Transport of Critically Ill Patients: A Literature Review – PMC
Aeromedical Transport of Critically Ill Patients: A Literature Review – PMC — Read on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8180199/
Aeromedical retrieval services characteristics globally: a scoping review – PMC
Aeromedical retrieval services characteristics globally: a scoping review – PMC — Read on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9743498/
Beware thrombosis risks of intubation for psychiatric aeromedical retrieval
When REBOA grows wings: Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta to facilitate aeromedical transport
When REBOA grows wings: Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta to facilitate aeromedical transport — Read on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8889235/
Sengstaken–Blakemore tube in critical upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Implications for aeromedical retrieval
Sengstaken–Blakemore tube in critical upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Implications for aeromedical retrieval — Read on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9543225/
Pregnancy-related aeromedical retrievals in rural and remote Australia: national evidence from the Royal Flying Doctor Service
Pregnancy-related aeromedical retrievals in rural and remote Australia: national evidence from the Royal Flying Doctor Service — Read on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8077896/
Aeromedical retrieval services characteristics globally: a scoping review
Aeromedical retrieval services characteristics globally: a scoping review — Read on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9743498/
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