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Dr Sean Rothwell

Dr Rothwell became a Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine in 2004. He gained extensive experience in helicopter rescue and medical retrievals from remote areas working for Lifeflight Rescue from 1999 until 2004. His interest in hiking has taken him to various parts of the world including remote Queensland, Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Scotland, France, New Zealand and the Kokoda Trail and East New Britain in Papua New Guinea. His other interests include running and mountain biking. He continues to provide expert medical advice to some of Australia's leading adventure companies Google

About Sean Rothwell

Emergency physician with a passion for Wilderness Medicine, emergency ultrasound and echocardiography. Working with Adventure Medic to provide medical assistance in extreme medicine. + Sean Rothwell | Contact

Bedside Echo in Pulmonary Embolism

September 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
PTE

A 35 year-old female is brought to the emergency department after collapsing in a shopping centre. Paramedics found her to be GCS 3 and shortly afterwards required CPR and 1mg adrenaline for profound bradycardia and no pulse.

Filed Under: Cardiology, Clinical Case, Echo, Education, Featured, Investigation [tests], Medical Specialty, Respiratory Tagged With: , , , ,

Wilderness Medicine

June 27, 2010 By 7 Comments
Wilderness Medicine Julian Williams

The scope of wilderness medicine combines traditional medical specialities, particularly emergency medicine, sports medicine, military medicine and general practice, with pre-hospital care and rescue skills.

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High Altitude Illness

June 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Mt Kilimanjaro

Environmental Enigma: One of your colleagues tells you he is going to climb Mt Kilimanjaro next month. He has never been to altitude before and asks you how he can prevent altitude sickness while on his trek…

Filed Under: Arcanum Veritas, Clinical Case, Education, eLearning, Featured, Health, lecture notes, Medical Specialty, Respiratory, What the, Wilderness Medicine Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Kokoda Medicine

June 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Kokoda

Dr Sean Rothwell and Dr David Rosengren led a research expedition to investigate the prevalence of exercise-associated hyponatraemia (EAH) on the Kokoda Trail – Tracking a killer (Kokoda’s Medical Mystery)

Filed Under: Blog News, Clinical Case, Clinical Research, Education, Emergency Medicine, Evidence Based Medicine, Featured, Guest Post, Tropical Medicine, Wilderness Medicine Tagged With: , , , , , , ,