Author Archives: Cliff Reid

Next Wednesday’s Clinical Governance Day will be held at Wollongong as a combined Sydney-Wollongong event. The theme will be Urban Search & Rescue, with a focus on the medical aspects of USAR missions and the recent deployments in New Zealand … Continue reading →

Please note that some flexibility is required regarding the handover process, as some trauma centres would prefer handover with the patient still on the stretcher. This recommendation has come from ITIM‘s Trauma Team Training course. If you have concerns over … Continue reading →

The Clinical Governance Day on Wednesday will include a discussion and critical appraisal of one of the most famous and quoted papers in pre-hospital care – Bickell’s trial of fluids which was a major contributor to the move towards ‘hypotensive … Continue reading →

Doctors planning on attending the Canyon Training Days in April – don’t forget the list of goodies you need to prepare (bought your Dunlop Volleys from K-Mart yet?) and let Noel know your wetsuit sizes. The Canyon Training is awesome, … Continue reading →

Two papers by the team have been published this month: Prehosp Emerg Care. 2011 Feb 4. [Epub ahead of print] Logistics and Safety of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Medical Retrieval. Burns BJ, Habig K, Reid C, Kernick P, Wilkinson C, … Continue reading →