Retrieval medicine from Shane

Well this time around we welcome a new contributor. Dr Shane Trevithick is a retrieval doctor with many years experience covering prehospital, interhospital and coordination work when he’s not being an emergency doctor. He’s got a bit on simple systematic approaches that get the job done. One of the exciting things that practicing medicine outContinue reading “Retrieval medicine from Shane”

Paediatric Retrieval

When I’m not working in the emergency department, playing with my children or doing DFTB ‘stuff’ I work for the state retrieval service. As the name Adult Retrieval Victoria implies I spend my time moving and coordinating the movement of critically ill or injured adults around the state. There is a dearth of retrieval textbooks… viaContinue reading “Paediatric Retrieval”

Neonatal retrieval

When I’m not working in the emergency department, playing with my children or doing DFTB ‘stuff’ I work for the state retrieval service. As the name Adult Retrieval Victoria implies I spend my time moving and coordinating the movement of critically ill or injured adults around the state. There is a dearth of retrieval textbooks… viaContinue reading “Neonatal retrieval”

Invitation: The Inaugural Lecture on Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine — Auckland HEMS

Auckland HEMS, ARHT, and ADHB are delighted to welcome Dr Stephen Hearns from Scotland’s Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (EMRS) to Auckland. Dr Hearns will be presenting a lecture entitled ‘Building an Integrated Pre-Hospital Retrieval and Medical Service: The Scottish Experience‘ at 5pm Monday 28 November. All welcome! via Invitation: The Inaugural Lecture on Pre-Hospital and RetrievalContinue reading “Invitation: The Inaugural Lecture on Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine — Auckland HEMS”

The Remote Bad Stuff — The Collective

Last time Jodie Martin, Flight Nurse extraordinaire dropped by she shared one of our most popular posts ever. Jodie returns with a little on the Top End experience of sepsis. Time for a look at some remote medicine again. CareFlight provides the aeromedical service for the top half of the Northern Territory (NT) in Australia. […]Continue reading “The Remote Bad Stuff — The Collective”

Coordinating medical emergencies in regional and rural Australia

Cool, Cairns @RoyalFlyingDoc staff. Coordinating medical emergencies in regional and rural Australia https://t.co/ZKQbgMHVW3 via @ABCNews — Karen Yates (@karenyatesjcu) February 23, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js