Category Archives: General PH&RM

Towards A Universal Prehospital RSI SOP?

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Cliff Reid

Mainland European countries have a long history of sending physicians out with emergency medical services to provide prehospital critical care. It is interesting to note an almost universal standard in the conduct of prehospital emergency anaesthesia by prehospital critical care … Continue reading →

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Clinical Governance Day 15th January 2014

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Cliff Reid

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2013 GSA HEMS Videos

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Cliff Reid

We get captured a lot on video which gets posted on YouTube. Here’s a compilation from 2013:

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January Clinical Governance Days

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Dr Sean Scott

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Lung Ultrasound in Extreme Environments

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Dr Sean Scott

At Sydney HEMS we are believers in the benefit of ultrasound in the prehospital & retrieval medicine environment. Lung ultrasound is of particular use in diagnosing pneumothoraces at noisy trauma scenes or in helicopters. Yash Wimalasena, one of our Retrieval Fellows … Continue reading →

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Clinical Governance Day 6th November

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Cliff Reid

Special Emphasis on Paediatric Retrieval

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Clinical Governance Day 8th October 2013

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Dr Sean Scott

An approximation of the upcoming program.

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Massive transfusion (with lego) – Dr Sean Scott

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Dr Sean Scott

Sean discusses the recent developments in our approach to patients with critical bleeding. He reviews damage control resuscitation, the role of TEG in trauma and the nuts and bolts of massive transfusion. Keep your eyes out for the coagulation cascade … Continue reading →

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Knockdown gases – Dr Sameer Mal

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Dr Sean Scott

Sameer shares his experience of managing a patient with an unknown toxic gas exposure and provides us with a sensible approach to these rare patients. He reivews of knockdown gases like cyanide and hydrogen sulfide along with the use of … Continue reading →