Clinical Governance Day – Wednesday, 17th December

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HEMS Debrief – Cardiac Arrest Focus. #13, Dr Per Olave (PO) Berve – part 2

Welcome back, this is part two of Nat’s chat with Dr PO Berve from Norway. 

Continuing the conversation, Nat and PO discuss physiological markers of ALS effectiveness as well as broach how to most judiciously use adrenaline during cardiac arrest. Too, PO dives into how to use the end tidal capnogram as a marker of CPR effectiveness – and it is not how you may think!

Of course, this would not be a Sydney HEMS debrief episode without talking about eCPR and ventilation during CPR – the later being a favourite topic of Nat’s for sure.

As ever, thanks for listening and chat again soon. 

Great news: in addition to apple podcasts, we are now on Spotify!

Check out PO’s part one episode here:

Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hems-debrief-cardiac-arrest-focus-13-dr-per-olave-po/id602038154?i=1000736074009

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2U5b3n0YjRgrYEz3lOq4j6?si=44a832948c244522

More episodes coming soon. Have a great day!

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Clinical Governance Day – Wednesday 19th November 2025

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Sydney HEMS: Registrars Reflect

Two of our registrars Shannon and Jenny talk about their experiences in the first year at Sydney HEMS. Hear two different takes on the the job, their insights into more challenging missions, and tips for the newer registrars just starting. This will be of particular interest to our newer team members, and for anyone considering a career at Sydney HEMS or in aeromedical retrieval medicine.

Click the link to watch Jenny and Shannon on our Sydney Hems YouTube Channel, or watch below.

If you like these videos, you might also enjoy Prehospital care: lessons for life over at Life in the Fast Lane, or below.

You can also check out the free eBook 101 Lessons from a Year at Sydney HEMS, which exists as a series of 7 of blog posts here, or the reflections by former registrar Robbie Lloyd here at the Sydney HEMS blog.

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HEMS Debrief – Cardiac Arrest Focus. #12, Dr Per Olave (PO) Berve

Hello, and welcome back to the Sydney HEMS debrief podcast. This is our focused series on cardiac arrest – now up to episode 12.
 
Today we have part one of two in conversation with Dr PO Berve from Norway. PO is an Anaesthetist and Pre-Hospital physician from Oslo where he works on the physician response car of the region. PO’s research has been absolutely fundamental to the modern understanding of CPR physiology and the haemodynamics of the arrested patient, and his work is rightly lauded as critical in the practice of physiology-guided resuscitation. 

Have you ever wondered what happens during one chest compression? In this episode, Nat deep-dives with PO into the physiology of the arrested patient – specifically what happens, or what should happen, during one perfect chest compression. It’s a fascinating conversation not to be missed by anyone with an interest in performing high quality resuscitation tailored to a specific patient. 

Great news: in addition to apple podcasts, we are now on Spotify!

Check out PO’s part one episode here:

Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/hems-debrief-cardiac-arrest-focus-12-dr-per-olave-po-berve/id602038154?i=1000733226017

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Z0YWTSG5TngKDN1rhEaXo?si=96b1ffc01e0245c8

Part two coming soon!

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Education Day – Wednesday 5th November, 2025

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Retrieval services in the outback

Sydney HEMS were fortunate to have a Dr. Dan Adams, Director of the Central Australian Retrieval Service, present on his experience in the Red Centre.

The Central Australian Retrieval Service, based in Alice Springs, certainly has some differences from our Sydney based HEMS services. The patients, pathology and environment pose some unique challenges to our central Australian colleagues, we were glued to our seats hearing how you brought the highest level of care to these remote and demanding clinical situations. Dan guides us through the design of their service, and the logistics of serving a catchment with a diameter over 1200km, covering over a million square kilometers!

Thank you Dan for sharing your experiences and expertise!


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Clinical Governance Day – Wednesday 22nd October, 2025

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Education Day – Wednesday 8th October, 2025

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ITIM Prehospital Trauma Evening – 29th October 2025

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