Category Archives: Tips

Maxillofacial haemorrhage control

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Cliff Reid

Dr Geoff Healy explains the prehospital management of maxillofacial haemorrhage at HEMS Team Induction Training in Sydney.  

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Location location location

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Cliff Reid

Do you know how to give the latitude and longitude of your location when calling emergency services? Any smartphone can manage it, but you have to know how. Several free apps are available, but you don’t necessarily need them – the … Continue reading →

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Is lamotrigine ketamine’s black swan?

Posted on August 23, 2014 by elboghdadly

The black swan theory describes rare events beyond the realm of normal expectation. We use ketamine on a daily basis, but are there any circumstances in which ketamine simply will NOT work? This interesting case report by an Ex-Sydney HEMS physician Daniel … Continue reading →

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VVS is Dead. Long Live Horizon.

Posted on June 29, 2014 by elboghdadly

See one, do one, teach one: the traditional medical training paradigm. Although we have now evolved to deliver safer patient care than this, the emphasis on visual-methods for learning has been present from days yonder. SEE one. With the advent … Continue reading →

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Simulation 18/3/14: The Paediatric Bee-Sting

Posted on March 18, 2014 by elboghdadly

The lead -in 3-year-old child collapsed in respiratory distress following bee-sting. Scene 000 call by father who is the sole individual with the patient in a park. Easy access to the patient who is on the ground with father anxiously … Continue reading →

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Delivering salbutamol to an intubated prehospital patient

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Dr Sean Scott

Chris “Willko” Wilkinson (SCAT paramedic) shared this handy trick of the trade during a recent simulation session. Scenario Road primary job to a school where a 6 year old girl is in severe respiratory distress with known asthma. On arrival … Continue reading →

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