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Clinical Governance Day 27th January 2016

The next Sydney HEMS Clinical Governance Day is scheduled for next Wednesday, January 27th at Bankstown. This CGD has been jam-packed by Soo Parkinson !! We have our regular segments of Airway Audit and Morbidity & Mortality plus some “extreme presentations”  by Rob … Continue reading

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Clinical Governance Day 13th January 2016

Welcome back to the Sydney HEMS Clinical Governance Days for 2016… This CGD is very much AIRWAY oriented with the inclusion of the November Airway Audit & a round-robin “Airway Microskills” session. This session will focus on bougie & ETT … Continue reading

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Clinical Governance Day 16th December 2015

The Sydney HEMS Clinical Governance Day is returning after a month long hiatus and is scheduled for next Wednesday, December 16th at Bankstown. For this weeks CGD we have two cracking case dissections to discuss as well as the October Morbidity and … Continue reading

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Clinical Governance Day 18th November 2015

The next Sydney HEMS Clinical Governance Day is coming up next Wednesday, November 18th at Bankstown. This CGD will include our September M&M as well as review some recent challenging winch missions. A subtle theme of bleeding filters through this session … Continue reading

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Clinical Governance Day 4th November 2015

The next Sydney HEMS Clinical Governance Day is coming up next Wednesday, November 4th at Bankstown. We will have our usual features of Airway Audit plus Morbidity and Mortality which always makes for brilliant discussion.  One of our paramedic/physician teams will dissect a … Continue reading

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Clinical Governance Day 21st October 2015

The next Sydney HEMS Clinical Governance Day is coming up next Wednesday, October 21st at Bankstown base. This weeks theme is MAN vs MACHINE, specifically a look at the challenges of failing cardiac-support devices.  Our speakers will cover pacemaker failure & transvenous pacing, … Continue reading

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The Toxicology Sessions: Simulation Summary

Our CGD on Wednesday culminated in a toxicological based simulation – with 3 year old Vera having consumed her grandfather’s medications. Why do pills look like lollies? The take home debrief points were: How do we best use available resources … Continue reading

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Clinical Governance Day 7th October 2015

The next Sydney HEMS Clinical Governance Day is coming up next Wednesday, October 7th at Bankstown with a full day devoted to overdose, envenomation & all things TOXICOLOGY !!  We are fortunate enough to have Dr Kate Sellors return to … Continue reading

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Clinical Governance Day 23rd September 2015

This weeks Clinical Governance Day sees the team from Bankstown trekking south to Killalea State Park to rendezvous with the Wollongong team for a joint-CDG focussing on seaside scene safety and the challenges of coastal rescue and resuscitation. Special thanks goes … Continue reading

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Clinical Governance Day 9th September 2015

For this weeks CGD we have some fascinating updates & clinical discussions lined up for you including; Haemodynamic responses to prehospital intubation with ketamine A US perspective to urban search & rescue following a massive landslide Oxygen therapy in STEMI A recent case … Continue reading

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