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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”

Husband and wife recognised for contribution to healthcare in Mount Isa – ABC News

When intrepid medical couple Ulrich and Sabine Orda arrived in Mount Isa with four young kids in the mid-2000s, they did not expect their short-term adventure would turn into a love affair with the Queensland outback spanning almost two decades. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-05/husband-and-wife-doctor-and-nurse-honoured-for-outback-service/103915082

‘If the plane breaks down, it’s just you’: the pressure and awakening of one city GP in the outback | Australian books | The Guardian

Dr Sonia Henry was looking to escape her Sydney life when she signed up to work in remote hospitals. What she encountered was amazing beauty – and terrible suffering — Read on amp.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/03/if-the-plane-breaks-down-its-just-you-the-pressure-and-awakening-of-one-city-gp-in-the-outback

RRH: Rural and Remote Health article: 7676 – Aeromedical retrievals as a measure of potentially preventable hospitalisations and cost comparison with provision of GP-led primary health care in a remote Aboriginal community

RRH: Rural and Remote Health. Published article number: 7676 – Aeromedical retrievals as a measure of potentially preventable hospitalisations and cost comparison with provision of GP-led primary health care in a remote Aboriginal community — Read on http://www.rrh.org.au/journal/article/7676