Tag Archives: HEMS

Auckland HEMS prehospital blood transfusion – coming soon to a helicopter near you

Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
Bloody hell. Pretty much summarizes the severe traumas that define the essence of our trade. And sometimes, the answer to critical bleeding is to give blood. We are grateful to our colleagues at Sydney HEMS, who advise: “blood is provided to transfuse patients with life-threatening bleeding after meticulous attention to hemorrhage…

Patient safety in helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS): The safety management system

Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”. Albert Einstein. You could be right in thinking that “safety crusaders” are the glass half empty type, right? Those that believe “what can go wrong, will go wrong” (Murphys Law). I’m not a pessimist, but I do believe…

Usability testing of new Auckland HEMS packs

Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
By Dr Chris Denny, Auckland HEMS Medical Director New packs for Auckland HEMS In the early days of Auckland HEMS, we loosely ‘bolted on’ our equipment to the existing paramedic gear. As time passed and we forged a strong collaborative relationship with our paramedic colleagues, the performance gap in our…

Auckland HEMS app under development

Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
In the last few days there has been talk on the twittersphere about retrieval apps. First mock-up – content required! Auckland HEMS is currently developing an app for use in our service. For the first iteration we have chosen a DIY web-based application (ibuildapp.com) to create the app. Examples of…

Greater Sydney Area HEMS podcasts

Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
Our colleagues from Sydney have created an excellent group of podcasts about pre-hospital and retrieval medicine: NEUROPROTECTION – covers retrieval of patients with neurological and neurosurgical emergencies; also view their helicopter operating procedure HERE INTERHOSPITAL PATIENT ASSESSMENT – overview of the assessment of a critically ill patient requiring transfer from…