Greater Sydney Area HEMS

Welcome to episode 11 – likely our last episode of the year!

The feedback has been fantastic – thank you to all who have taken the time to let me know your thoughts, and for helping to shape the episodes into what they are.

In this end of year episode, we are joined by Sydney HEMS Staff Specialist Dr Ruby Hsu. Ruby and I sat down for a chat with no real agenda, but knowing that she had a fantastically varied and colourful pre-hospital career across several countries, I thought it valuable to hear Ruby’s thoughts on – amongst other things – safe systems, career building, and luck.

I hope you enjoy it, and speak to you in the New Year.

Sam

Join for the second part of Dr Brian Burns’ episode, as we continue to discuss mimics of shock in our trauma population.

See some show notes below for more resources.

Thanks for listening!

Show notes:

Reference on pulmonary embolism: https://emcrit.org/pulmcrit/eight-pearls-for-the-crashing-patient-with-massive-pe/

Reference on pulmonary contusion: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30906578/

Reference on pulmonary contusion lung ultrasound: https://coreultrasound.com/pulmonary-contusions/

In the ninth episode of the Sydney HEMS Debrief series, we have the first half of a two-part episode!

Join us as Sydney HEMS Senior Staff Specialist Dr Brian Burns discusses the recognition, aetiology and treatment of different types of shock in our pre-hospital trauma patients. Whilst pre-hospital clinicians may have a natural bias towards hypovolaemic shock secondary to blood loss, Dr Burns discusses the many mimics of hypovolaemic shock, and how it is crucial we remain mindful of other causative acute and subacute pathologies.

See some show notes below for more resources.

Thanks for listening!

Show notes:

Reference on impact brain apnoea: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27211834/

Reference on spinal cord injury: https://www.nature.com/articles/nrdp201718

Reference on blunt cardiac injury: https://www.aast.org/resources-detail/blunt-cardiac-injury