Retrievals: Too sick, crazy, big, or little to stay here!

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Rick Abbott shares his always unique thoughts on retrievals, aka transfers in the big country to the North-East. As always, there’s plenty of food for thought.

What is the question?

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What single question unlocks the mystery of how a patient with hypokalemia had a cardiac arrest 30 minutes after being treated during retrieval?

Planes, Pregnancy and Bleeding

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A real case highlighting the challenges of managing the critically ill obstetric patient in remote regions of Australia.

Retrieval 101

A footballer has sustained an injury. The game can’t restart until the injured player has left the pitch. There is a perfectly good stretcher and two fit and healthy stretcher-bearers. The injured man is only two meters from the sideline.

What could go wrong?