What single question unlocks the mystery of how a patient with hypokalemia had a cardiac arrest 30 minutes after being treated during retrieval?
Retrieval of the Disturbed Patient
February 15, 2012 By 6 Comments
Minh Le Cong comes to us from an aircraft hangar somewhere in North Queensland with a video slidecast version of his talk on the ‘Retrieval of the Disturbed Patient’.
Friday Frontline Inspiration 015
January 20, 2012 By 3 Comments
Shot on board with the paramedics of Pretoria and Johannesburg, TELL ME AND I WILL FORGET illuminates the new social challenges in South Africa, 15 years after the end of its oppressive Apartheid era.
Working in the Sky
October 17, 2011 By 8 Comments
Can you resist the urge to apply for a job with Sydney HEMS after watching this video?
Own the Oxylog 3000!
September 6, 2011 By 8 Comments
If you’re a doc or nurse in Australasia and you take care of critically ill patients chances are you should be familiar with the Oxylog 3000.
To thoracotomy, or not to thoracotomy?
August 30, 2011 By 5 Comments
A chest trauma patient lies before you. When would you perform an emergency thoracotomy? A case-based Q&A approach to the indications and contraindications.
Private Health Care in Indonesia
August 3, 2011 By 4 Comments
Sick of your patients waiting in the ED for life saving treatment as a result of interminable ICU / CCU bed-block? Worry no more…move to Indonesia
It’s up to us
July 28, 2011 By 1 Comment
In the critical care specialties we have to make things happen, sometimes this involves life-saving actions that may have never before performed. We must be ready, after all, in the words of Peter Safar, “it’s up to us to save the world!” Cliff Reid tells us how.
Planes, Pregnancy and Bleeding
July 7, 2011 By 10 Comments
A real case highlighting the challenges of managing the critically ill obstetric patient in remote regions of Australia.
Seizing and No Access!!!
March 22, 2011 By 7 Comments
A review of the effectives and use of intraosseous devices in the emergency department.
