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AiR Videos- [131] Hot Floppy Bougies
- [130] Hyoepiglottic Ligament
- [129] Fluid Flow During Laryngoscopy; OOHCA
- [128] Laryngoscope Too Deep - Then Pops Down
- [127] Parker Tip Tube Grabs Epiglottis
- [126] Dentures
- [125] Cuff Herniation
- [124] Black ETT Lines Visible - Becomes Extubation
- [123] CMAC after iGel AScope
- [122] Ambu AScope via Flexi ETT Through iGel3
Category Archives: General PH&RM
Redundancy, Modularity and Degeneracy
by Dr Alan Laverty FRCEM I stumbled across the above mentioned terms in a newspaper article. It was written by the economist John Kay (he of the UK Kay report post GFC) in regard to the international banking system and … Continue reading
Wollongong Extravaganza
This week, the Sydney-based team were invited down to Wollongong for an outdoor simulation extravaganza. Hosted by Wayne Cannon and the Wollongong team, the Sydney crew were treated to a feast of outdoor learning. The take home? Environment, Personnel, Equipment Environment … Continue reading
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Burns Management Pearls from the Experts
At our recent Clinical Governance Day (4/5/16) we were honored to have in attendance three experts who have dedicated their careers to the care of the burned patient. A cornucopia of pearls for prehospital and retrieval management were presented. The … Continue reading
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Tagged airway, ARDS, burn, burns, CGD, escharotomy, fluids, HEMS, intubation, Parkland, Prehospital, Trauma, ventilation
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Summary and Lessons from a Recent Paediatric Sim Session
A paediatric simulation was conducted at our Clinical Governance Day on 6 April 2016. The sim itself and the summary below were crafted by Dr. Sarah Gollance. Our simulation scenario was a tasking to a young girl in respiratory distress … Continue reading
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Tagged airway, CGD, paediatrics, pediatrics, sim, simulation, toxicology
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Clinical Governance Day, May 4th 2016
During next week’s CGD we’ll have a focus on Burns with some excellent outside speakers to share a case of burns from the Snowy Mountains. We’ll also get an update on burns management principles and advances in burns therapy from … Continue reading
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Clinical Governance Day, 20th April 2016
As well as our regular Airway Audit and M&M we will have an update on the research that it being conducted by our own team as well as do a deep dive into the latest evidence around the drug treatment … Continue reading
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Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine
If your career is in retrieval medicine, or you’d like it to be, you might want to strongly consider sitting the Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. There is no course, just … Continue reading
Airway Registry Pointers and Reminders
Once a month, the structured reviews of all of our intubation attempts are presented at a Clinical Governance Day. Common themes and specific finer points are brought forward in an effort to improve our performance as a group. Below are … Continue reading
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Tagged airway, bright light, CGD, critical review, equipment, intubation, tips and tricks
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Prehospital Emergency Anaesthesia Checklist
Our RSI checklist is performed in a challenge-response fashion. The clinician who established the equipment set-up reads, while the other clinician checks and responds. Any discussion, such as difficult laryngoscopy plan, briefing the individual who is immobilising the neck, and … Continue reading
Thinking of the children…
For a great review article of RSI in children check out the following article: BJA Educ (2016) 16 (4): 120-123 Place of rapid sequence induction in paediatric anaesthesia. R Newton, H Hack Predicting difficult airways in children: evaluation-of-difficult-airway-predictors-in-pediatric-population-as-a-clinical-investigation-2155-6148.1000256 Some key … Continue reading
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Greater Sydney Area HEMS 