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Category Archives: training
Clinical Governance Day 19th October
Next Wednesday our Clinical Governance Day will feature an airway extravaganza! It’s time to hone those airway skills from RSI currency to paediatric surgical airway, CMAC to Ambu A Scope and King Vision. The day kicks off with a review of … Continue reading
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Academic Study Options in Prehospital & Retrieval Medicine
Retrieval medicine specialist Dr Stefan Mazur outlines postgraduate academic study options for retrieval clinicians. As he points out, the list is not exhaustive, and focuses on Australasian and British courses and exams. Links: Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine Royal … Continue reading
Tactical Medicine Overview
Our Clinical Governance Day on 15 June 2016 was an introductory discussion about the why, who, and how of tactical medicine. Out of this came a recognition of the importance of this knowledge base and skill set not only for … Continue reading
Posted in General PH&RM, Haemorrhage, Presentations, training
Tagged CGD, Prehospital, Scene safety, tactical, TCCC, TECC, tourniquet, Trauma
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Pearls from the Airway Registry – CGD 29/06/2016
(Thanks again to Dr. Clare Hayes-Bradley for presenting the latest Airway Registry and penning the subsequent discussion points below.) To RSI or not to RSI, that is the question… It’s foul weather, near zero degrees and torrential rain, it’s night, … Continue reading
Posted in Airway, General PH&RM, Presentations, training
Tagged agitation, airway, bougie, CGD, ketamine, pre-hospital, procedures, RSI, Trauma
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HEMS Team Induction Training
As we go into Winter here in Sydney we are gearing up for the August HEMS Team Induction Training. The following piece provides an overview of the philosophy and content of the training, which was originally written for a NSW … Continue reading
Posted in General PH&RM, simulation, training
Tagged education, simulation, training
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Clinical Governance Day 13th January 2016
Welcome back to the Sydney HEMS Clinical Governance Days for 2016… This CGD is very much AIRWAY oriented with the inclusion of the November Airway Audit & a round-robin “Airway Microskills” session. This session will focus on bougie & ETT … Continue reading
Clinical Governance Day 16th December 2015
The Sydney HEMS Clinical Governance Day is returning after a month long hiatus and is scheduled for next Wednesday, December 16th at Bankstown. For this weeks CGD we have two cracking case dissections to discuss as well as the October Morbidity and … Continue reading
Clinical Governance Day 18th November 2015
The next Sydney HEMS Clinical Governance Day is coming up next Wednesday, November 18th at Bankstown. This CGD will include our September M&M as well as review some recent challenging winch missions. A subtle theme of bleeding filters through this session … Continue reading
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Clinical Governance Day 21st October 2015
The next Sydney HEMS Clinical Governance Day is coming up next Wednesday, October 21st at Bankstown base. This weeks theme is MAN vs MACHINE, specifically a look at the challenges of failing cardiac-support devices. Our speakers will cover pacemaker failure & transvenous pacing, … Continue reading
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Tagged CGD, ECMO, LVAD, Pacing, transvenous pacing, ventricular assist device
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