Category Archives: training

Clinical Governance Day 19th November 2014

  We are pleased to welcome our guest speaker from the UK, Matt Ward. Matt is lead paramedic for emergency care for West Midlands Ambulance Service, and one of the directors of the West Midlands CARE team. He’ll be sharing clinical … Continue reading

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Clinical Governance Day 5th November 2014

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Clinical Governance Day 22nd October 2014

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Clinical Governance Day 8th October 2014

CGD served up a mixture of cases discussions, audit, hot off the press journal articles and finished the day with a cracking multiple-casualty scenario.   Airway Audit In his final appearance before sadly leaving Sydney HEMS, Anthony Lewis went through a number … Continue reading

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CGD summary 24/09/14

A very useful CGD with a focus on obstetric emergencies and neonatal resuscitation. Started off with a comprehensive (and brave) talk by our medical student, Amy, on the physiological changes of pregnancy. A good run through of this can be … Continue reading

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Clinical Governance Day 8th October 2014

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Clinical Governance Day 24th September 2014

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Build Your Own Escharotomy Man!

To make your own escharotomy training model, you will need: 1. A thick foam yoga mat (red or pink). This one was $10 from K-Mart. 2. A roll of Cling Film (Glad Wrap).  3. A roll of thin packing foam — the sort … Continue reading

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Developing EM in Brazil is coming soon

Several of our consultants are presenting at the Developing EM conference in Brazil.  If you’d like to hear more, organising emergency physicians and prehospital & retrieval medicine consultants Mark Newcombe and Lee Fineberg describe it and also discuss the highly … Continue reading

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Extreme Medicine: Everest ER

One of our own Sydney HEMS physicians is an extreme environment and mountain medicine expert – Dr Yashvi Wilamasena. Yash, as he is known to his mates, plans to reach the summit of Everest in the near future. In preparation … Continue reading

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