Category Archives: Podcasts

These podcasts are aimed at new and existing GSA-HEMS team members, but anyone is welcome to listen

To Air is Human

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Cliff Reid

In this 25 minute audio podcast recorded at the SMACC conference in 2013 Sydney HEMS physician Dr Karel Habig talks about reducing (and trapping) error in retrieval medicine, and whether we can really apply lessons from aviation to our complex … Continue reading →

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Trauma before & beyond the hospital

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Cliff Reid

Sydney HEMS physician Dr Brian Burns talks about the prehospital care of trauma in this 20 minute audio podcast recorded at SMACC 2013 http://traffic.libsyn.com/smacc2013/trauma-concurrent-burns.mp3 You can download the podcast by right-clicking here Here are the accompanying slides: Further talks from … Continue reading →

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Making Things Happen

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Cliff Reid

One of the toughest aspects of prehospital & retrieval medicine is managing the environment and people around you. In this 25 minute audio podcast recorded at the SMACC conference in 2013 Sydney HEMS physician Dr Cliff Reid talks about some … Continue reading →

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Neuroprotection

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Cliff Reid

Here we discuss how to retrieve patients with neurological and neurosurgical emergencies. We present a case of a young male with subarachnoid haemorrhage, and discuss how we can optimise neuroprotection by considering the needs of a healthily functioning neuron. The … Continue reading →

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Interhospital patient assessment

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Cliff Reid

This third podcast provides an overview of our approach to the assessment of a critical care patient that we’re going to move from one site to another. It covers the ABCDE assessment of a ventilated patient. For further information on … Continue reading →

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The trapped patient

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Cliff Reid

This second podcast gives a rapid overview of the approach to a patient trapped in a vehicle. This is explored further in the Virtual Learning Environment Module on Prehospital Scene Management and in the induction course. Concepts covered include: The … Continue reading →

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Introductory podcast

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Cliff Reid

Podcasts will be available for new and prospective GSA-HEMS team members to access. The first, introductory podcast is a five-minute overview of our service.

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