Tag Archives: airway

Should HAVL Be Used “Universally”?

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Dr Richard McQuillan

At Greater Sydney Area HEMS, we carry a hyper-angulated (D-blade) option for our C-MAC video laryngoscope, but in our inter-hospital equipment bag. This means that it is not necessarily immediately to hand for pre-hospital missions (in part to avoid accidental … Continue reading →

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AIR – Learning from the Airway Registry (November 2023)

Posted on November 5, 2023 by Natalie May

Airway Registry learning points reflect the challenges described and wisdom shared by Sydney HEMS personnel and guests at the Clinical Governance Airway Registry presentations. Cases are discussed non-contemporaneously, anonymised and amalgamated over a period of time to draw together unifying … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Coffee and Cases Snippets from April 2023

Posted on April 6, 2023 by robertlloyd85

Thanks for a great month of case discussion!The C+C QI project team

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Coffee and Cases Snippets: Intubating the patient with a HAGMA

Posted on April 6, 2023 by robertlloyd85

Every morning our team discusses cases over coffee. Here is a useful snippet… Patients with a severe high anion gap metabolic acidosis (e.g. from severe DKA, AKI, toxic ingestions, severe lactataemia from bleeding/sepsis/some other form of badness) have a markedly … Continue reading →

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AiR – Learning from the Airway Registry (September 2021)

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Natalie May

Airway Registry learning points reflect the challenges described and wisdom shared by Sydney HEMS personnel and guests at the Clinical Governance Airway Registry presentations. Cases are discussed non-contemporaneously, anonymised and amalgamated over a time period to draw together unifying take-home … Continue reading →

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AiR – Learning from the Airway Registry (September 2019)

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Natalie May

Airway Registry learning points reflect the challenges described and wisdom shared by Sydney HEMS personnel and guests at the Clinical Governance Airway Registry presentations. Cases are discussed non-contemporaneously, anonymised and amalgamated over a time period to draw together unifying take-home … Continue reading →

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AiR – Learning from the Airway Registry (August 2019)

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Natalie May

Airway Registry learning points reflect the challenges described and wisdom shared by Sydney HEMS personnel and guests at the Clinical Governance Airway Registry presentations. Cases are discussed non-contemporaneously, anonymised and amalgamated over a time period to draw together unifying take-home … Continue reading →

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AiR – Learning from the Airway Registry (July 2019)

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Natalie May

Airway Registry learning points reflect the challenges described and wisdom shared by Sydney HEMS personnel and guests at the Clinical Governance Airway Registry presentations. Cases are discussed non-contemporaneously, anonymised and amalgamated over a time period to draw together unifying take-home … Continue reading →

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AiR – Learning from the Airway Registry (June 2019)

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Natalie May

Airway Registry learning points reflect the challenges described and wisdom shared by Sydney HEMS personnel and guests at the Clinical Governance Airway Registry presentations. Cases are discussed non-contemporaneously, anonymised and amalgamated over a time period to draw together unifying take-home … Continue reading →

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AiR – Learning from the Airway Registry (May 2019)

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Natalie May

Airway Registry learning points reflect the challenges described and wisdom shared by Sydney HEMS personnel and guests at the Clinical Governance Airway Registry presentations. Cases are discussed non-contemporaneously, anonymised and amalgamated over a time period to draw together unifying take-home … Continue reading →

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