Our colleagues from Sydney have created an excellent group of podcasts about pre-hospital and retrieval medicine:
NEUROPROTECTION – covers retrieval of patients with neurological and neurosurgical emergencies; also view their helicopter operating procedure HERE
INTERHOSPITAL PATIENT ASSESSMENT – overview of the assessment of a critically ill patient requiring transfer from one facility to another
THE TRAPPED PATIENT – overview of the approach to a patient trapped in a vehicle
The team at Auckland HEMS were somewhat surprised to see this story in the media on Monday:
Flying doctors struggle to find funding
Westpac Rescue Helicopter, Karekare
The Auckland HEMS project was originally a two year pilot conducted between Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust and Auckland District Health Board. Recently a proposal has been signed off to continue the project for another 3 years.
The Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust has released a press statement following the story above:
Dr Chris Denny, Medical Director of Auckland HEMS and Emergency Medicine Specialist, has the following to say: Click HERE
The report referenced in the TVNZ clip regarding rotary wing medical services in New South Wales is HERE
What do you think is the best staffing model for helicopter emergency medical systems? Feel free to contribute to the discussion using the comments section below.
From SMACC 2013 – Anthony Holley (Intensivist from Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, LCDR in Royal Australian Naval Reserve) brings a military perspective to advances made in trauma management on and off the battlefield.
Click HERE for the audio, accompanying slides below:
From the SMACC 2013 conference – this podcast is Dr Brian Burns (Greater Sydney Area HEMS) speaking about managing trauma patients in extremis and in extreme conditions
Click HERE for the podcast (right click to save)
Accompanying slides:
Click here for Brian Burns (@HawkmoonHEMS) on twitter
Auckland HEMS 