Category Archives: Presentations

Tactical Bronchoscopy Use in Pre-hospital and Retrieval Medicine

Many retrieval services carry single-use flexible endoscopes for anticipated challenging airways, mainly in controlled interhospital settings. In the presentation below, Dr. Jaime Henry discusses the benefits and drawbacks of pre-hospital and retrieval bronchoscopy. (Presented during a Sydney HEMS education day … Continue reading →

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S is for SNAKE

It’s spring here in NSW, and when both Spring and Summer start with the letter ‘S’, we have to remember that S is for SNAKE… Here’s a guide to the Snake Envenomation Mission Aide Memoire (click this link for the … Continue reading →

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Talks from the ITIM Pre-Hospital Trauma Evening

In October 2025, we hosted the ITIM Pre-Hospital Trauma Evening on base, with talks from trauma and prehospital specialists from around the state. The videos of these talks are available now through the ITIM website – click here to be … Continue reading →

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A Simple Framework for Clinical Reflection

CCP Sam Immens presented a great talk outlining a simple but effective method to perform Clinical Reflection. The following blog post explains this method.  What is Reflection and Why Should We Do It? Clinical reflection is a tool that enables … Continue reading →

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Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Symposium

We were pleased to host the Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Symposium on base back in February, and we are delighted to be able to bring you the recorded talks that featured on the day. Unfortunately we weren’t able to … Continue reading →

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Education Day 31st March 2021

Next education day will be held in conjunction with our colleagues at NETS. Attendance is open to all employees of NSW Health.

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Cardiac Arrest Presentations

Here are slides from Dr David Gale’s two presentations given at the HEMS Education Day on 9 January 2019  

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Institute of Trauma & Injury Management (ITIM) Trauma Education Evening

It’s just one week til Sydney HEMS will proudly host the ITIM Trauma Education Evening at the ACE Training Centre at our Bankstown Base. How Much? It’s FREE but places are limited so you must register – do so here. Do … Continue reading →

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Prehospital Regional Anaesthesia

At the HEMS Education Day on 30th May 2018, we had two great presentations on regional anaesthesia from guest speakers Andrew Lansdown and Ananth Kumar. Ex-Sydney HEMS registrar and current consultant anaesthetist Andrew Lansdown gave us an excellent presentation on … Continue reading →

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Clinical Governance Day 21st September 2016

Join us next Wednesday for a human-factors-focused clinical governance day at the Bankstown helicopter base. We are particularly excited to welcome Paul Mayer, a Naval medic who returned from operational duties in Afghanistan earlier this year. He’s going to talk about … Continue reading →

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