Category Archives: General PH&RM

A Prehospital & Retrieval Medicine Training Day for emergency medicine registrars will be held at our base on Thursday 29th November 2012. Details are below; click the image for a PDF of the flyer.

Some physicians and paramedics from the GSA-HEMS Team are in Cairns at the Aeromedical Society of Australasia and Flight Nurse Association Scientific Meeting. They will be competing in the Retrieval Simulation Cup. You can follow updates from the conference on … Continue reading →

CARDIOGENIC SHOCK (summary) . Confirm the diagnosis during the initial resuscitation phase. Rule out mechanical defects (with US) and correct any reversible conditions. Optimise pre-load, contractility and afterload by: correction of hypovolaemia (especially if right ventricle affected), use of vasodilators (where … Continue reading →

“Due to popular demand…ok it was just one guy…but he did mention that there was not enough time in his day to read the whole of each OXY’s LOG. So I figured I would release a summary called ‘PEEP SHOW’ … Continue reading →