Gordon Jackson Rees
Gordon Jackson Rees (1918 – 2001) was a British anaesthetist. He laid down the foundations for paediatric anaesthesia. Jackson Rees T-Piece, circuit and T-tube
Benjamin Alcock
Benjamin Alcock (1801 - ? ) was an Irish anatomist. Alcock described the pudendal canal (Alcock’s canal) in 1836
Wallenberg Syndrome
Wallenberg Syndrome: neurological disorder with a variety of symptoms associated with posterior circulation ischaemic stroke. [AKA lateral medullary syndrome or posterior inferior cerebellar artery syndrome]
Thriving after critical illness
ECMO is a life-saving intervention for critically ill patients, but patients describe a recovery period that can take months to years.
ECG Case 126
A man in his 40s is brought in GCS 3. Can you interpret these ECG and echo abnormalities to appropriately guide management?
Prehospital care: lessons for life
What can Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine teach us about life? Natalie May reflects on lessons learned at Sydney HEMS – from the practical to the philosophical.
Charles Aston Key
Charles Aston Key (1793 –1849) was an English surgeon. Eponym: Key-Hodgkin murmur (1827)
Good Sam 2.0
Being able to open any mobile phone camera enables triage of scene (mechanism of injury) and patient (physiology). This enables better resource allocation and can start treatment sooner.
Danis-Weber classification
Danis-Weber classification is a method of describing ankle fractures. It has three categories, based primarily upon the fracture of the fibula
FEMinPHEM
PHEM is a male dominated speciality but why is that? Caroline Leech takes us through the reasons why this inequity exists and how we can breakdown barriers.
Maisonneuve Fracture
Maisonneuve fracture - Upper 1/3 fibula fracture; disruption of distal tibiofibular syndesmosis with medial malleolus fracture or deep deltoid ligament tear
Paramedicine: beyond 2020
Gary Berkowitz provides a brief outline of the capabilities of HARU and some key principles that make it successful. Could this be a model for other ambulance services to follow in the future?