Extremity amputation technique as taught by Dr Geoff Healy at Sydney HEMS Team Induction training August 2015, using porcine tissue.
Here is a recommended open ‘finger’ thoracostomy technique for ventilated patients as taught by Dr Geoff Healy at Sydney HEMS Team Induction training August 2015, using porcine tissue.
This video explains the rationale for clamping the tracheal tube in PEEP-dependent patients prior to switching ventilator circuits, a manoeuvre that is included in our Difficult Oxygenation Operating Procedure
Dr Haney Mallemat – an amazing critical care educator and the cuddliest RAGE podcaster – offers some tips here for beginners, but we think even seasoned retrievalists might pick up a tip or two they hadn’t thought of:
The five tips (presented in reverse order in the video) are:
1. Solo saline
2. Safer suture
3. Check the lung
4. Wire back
5. Slider catheter
First published in University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Educational Pearls
All NSW Health staff welcome, sign-in required. See here for directions
This practical workshop is part of the Sydney HEMS Team Induction Training, and is one component of a learning program that also includes online preparatory material, simulation, a multi-station formal team objective structured practical assessment (also called ‘the exam’), and human factors training.
Induction Training for new HEMS Team members includes a procedure lab for life, limb and sight saving procedures.
Here’s an excerpt from a session on clamshell thoracotomy by Dr Geoff Healy
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The workshop in the afternoon will be covering obstetric emergencies and has been kindly organised by several of the NSW Ambulance flight nurses, who are dual trained in nursing and midwifery.
Prior to attending the session, it would be worthwhile revising the management of post-partum haemorrhage and dealing with obstructed labour.
Below are several useful articles to guide your pre-CGD learning:
RANZCOG review of the management of postpartum haemorrhage
A one-page severe PPH algorithm
Royal Hospital for Women’s local guidelines on management of breech delivery
The mnemonic HELPERR is a useful reminder of the key steps involved in the management of Shoulder Dystocia
All NSW Health staff welcome, sign-in required. See here for directions
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