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Category Archives: General PH&RM
Education Day 16 October 2019
Summary from Dr. Ben Porter (Consultant Anaesthetist working with Sydney HEMS) – thanks Ben! Clinical Education Day Summary – 16th October 2019 Thank you to all those involved in both the presentations and in the background helping to make todays … Continue reading
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30 Second Drills for Intubation
Thirty second drills have 6 steps that can be used to optimise your view. This may be enough to successfully ensure first pass success during intubation. The 6 steps: Release cricoid and use ELM Optimise operator position Optimise patient position … Continue reading
AiR – Learning from the Airway Registry (September 2019)
Airway Registry learning points reflect the challenges described and wisdom shared by Sydney HEMS personnel and guests at the Clinical Governance Airway Registry presentations. Cases are discussed non-contemporaneously, anonymised and amalgamated over a time period to draw together unifying take-home … Continue reading
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Tagged 1.2.5, advanced airway, AiR, airway, CMAC, CMAC issues, soiled airway
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Hold the view until there is CO2!
“Hold the view until there’s CO2” was a phrase coined by airway expert/anaesthetist/retrieval doc, Clare Hayes-Bradley during a Clinical Governance Day in 2019. The aim of this maneuvre, which you try during your next intubation, is to ensure that in … Continue reading
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AiR – Learning from the Airway Registry (August 2019)
Airway Registry learning points reflect the challenges described and wisdom shared by Sydney HEMS personnel and guests at the Clinical Governance Airway Registry presentations. Cases are discussed non-contemporaneously, anonymised and amalgamated over a time period to draw together unifying take-home … Continue reading
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Tagged 1.2.5, advanced airway, AiR, airway, cardiac arrest, CMAC, direct laryngoscopy, dl, DL to VL, tube displacement, video laryngoscopy, vl
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Education Day Wednesday July 24th (Update)
Chief Inspector Phillip Brooks of NSW Police Crash Investigation Unit (CIU) opened the day with insights into the state’s road mortality. With 185 000km of public roads and over 7 million people, Ch Insp Brooks believes that mobile phones will … Continue reading
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