Hilar Twists & Human Error
An engaging scene from ‘Code Blue‘ demonstrated a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service team managing a patient with major thoracic haemorrhage. They […]
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Pre-SMACC mini RAGE
Currently the RAGE Podcast site is recovering from a cold, so here are the show notes for the pre-SMACC mini […]
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London Trauma Conference 2014 Part 2
Day three is Air Ambulance and pre-hospital day and the great and the good are here en mass. The heavy […]
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London Trauma Conference Day 3
Dr Louisa Chan reports on Day 3 of the London Trauma Conference There was a jam-packed line up for the Pre-hospital […]
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Trauma before and beyond the hospital
Sydney HEMS physician Dr Brian Burns talks about the prehospital care of trauma in this 20 minute audio podcast recorded […]
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RSI haemodynamics in the field
The noxious stimulus of laryngoscopy & tracheal intubation can precipitate hypertension, tachycardia, and intracranial pressure elevation, risking exacerbation of brain […]
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Helicopters and improved trauma survival
A large retrospective study has shown increased trauma survival associated with helicopter transport. The reason is unclear and may be […]
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Body temperature in anaesthetised HEMS patients
This study raises an important issue – how do we keep patients with major trauma warm on the way to […]
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Utstein-like template for physician EMS
Many European and Australasian emergency medical services deploy physicians to the scene. In order to facilitate consistent data reporting and […]
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Pre-hospital thoracotomy
The London Helicopter Emergency Medical Service provides a physician / paramedic team to victims of trauma. One of the interventions […]