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Prehospital Regional Anaesthesia
At the HEMS Education Day on 30th May 2018, we had two great presentations on regional anaesthesia from guest speakers Andrew Lansdown and Ananth Kumar. Ex-Sydney HEMS registrar and current consultant anaesthetist Andrew Lansdown gave us an excellent presentation on … Continue reading
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Tagged anaesthesia, analgesia, extremity, Prehospital, thoracic
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Clamshell Thoracotomy 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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Tagged education, procedures, thoracic, thoracotomy, Trauma
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Pre-hospital thoracotomy and aortic clamping in blunt trauma
This is one of those ‘wow they really do that!?‘ papers…Patients undergoing thoracotomy and aortic clamping for pre-hospital blunt traumatic arrest either in the field or in the ED were evaluated for the outcome of survival to ICU admission. None … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLS, arrest, ATLS, blunt, HEMS, pre-hospital, thoracic, thoracotomy, Trauma
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Thoracostomy in blunt traumatic arrest
37 patients with blunt traumatic cardiac arrest underwent attempted resuscitation by a HEMS crew over a four year period. Chest decompression was performed in 18 cases (17 thoracostomy, one needle decompression). The procedure revealed evidence of chest injury in 10 … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLS, arrest, ATLS, blunt, HEMS, thoracic, thoracostomy
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Greater Sydney Area HEMS 