Apnoeic CPAP for oxygenation
Dr Stacey Turner demonstrates the pros and cons of different strategies for apnoeic CPAP for pre-oxygenation of COVID-19 patients prior to intubation (video).
Category Retrieval
Red Dust, dingoes, trauma and Sepsis
Dr Chris Edwards @EMtraveller recounts his time as a remote retrieval registrar based in Alice Springs
MRaCC Alice Springs – a retrieval experience like no other!
This is a guest post by Dr Michelle Withers (@desertoak), emergency physician at Alice Springs Hospital On February 12th, 2018, a new and completely unique service went live in Alice Springs – the Medical Retrieval and Consultation Centre (MRaCC). The…
Aeromedical Transport of the Critically Ill
Aeromedical Transport of the Critically Ill; risks of transport has to be weighted up against the benefit offered by facility
Transferring the Critically Ill
Transferring the Critically Ill: key principle is that the standard of care should not decrease during or after retrieval of a critically ill patient
Ideal Helicopter Ventilator
Ideal helicopter ventilator
How we train is how we fight
Sydney HEMS smaccGOLD SimWars video entry
Retrievals: Too… to stay here!
Retrievals: we don't use the term in the US - moving a patient from one hospital to another, even in the rare instance that a Doctor is in attendance, is a transfer.