Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine Podcast

Today on the podcast,  Dr Anthony Delaney talks about the ARISE trial and how you can participate to complete this important crtical care research! THEY ONLY NEED 100 more enrolments to complete the trial! THE NUMBER TO CALL THE ARISE TRIAL INVESTIGATORS FOR ADVICE IS 1800309296 SHOW NOTES: Australasian Resuscitation In Sepsis Evaluation Randomised Controlled Trial ARISE […]

Today on the podcast,  Dr Mike Abernethy talks on excited delirium syndrome. SHOW NOTES: Excited delirium powerpoint presentation by Mike Abernethy Queensland coroner finding into excited delirium and TASER related death Excited delirium presentation to Asia Pacific Coroners Society 2011 by Professor Tony Brown PrehospitalMed article on excited delirium update in 2013 Podcast ( available […]

  Today on the podcast,  Dr Seth Trueger talks on awake intubation. SHOW NOTES:  EMCrit airway checklist EMCrit awake intubation VORTEX by Nicholas Chrimes Advanced airway management inc awake intubation by Reuben Strayer Podcast ( available here and on iTunes) Right Click and Choose Save-as to Download the Podcast.Filed under: airway, Emergency medicine and critical […]

Today on the podcast,  Dr Mike Abernethy talks on prehospital ketamine. SHOW NOTES: Ketamine for prehospital use : a new look at an old drug Wherefore ketamine? Ketamine mythbusters Pt 1 Ketamine mythbusters Pt 2 Ketamine mythbusters Pt 3 Ketamine mythbusters Pt 4 Prehospital ketamine analgesia ResusMe Podcast ( available here and on iTunes) Right […]

Today on the podcast, a quick one to promote SMACC GOLD Abstract submissions and ETM Course Also quick tutorial on IO lines! WARNING! DONT COPY THE DEMONSTRATION VIDEO AT HOME BY TRYING TO DRILL A NEEDLE INTO YOUR OWN BONE! THIS VIDEO WAS DONE BY QUALIFIED DOCTORS SHOW NOTES:  Confirmation of intraosseous cannula placement basedContinue reading "PHARM Podcast 82 – Intraosseous lines and abstracts"

Today on the podcast we chat to Dr Rob MacSweeney, a great guy of FOAMEd..in fact just a great guy as well! He started and curates an awesome critical care website called CRITICALCAREREVIEWS I introduce the recording with the short song “Time to JAMIT” by StompTheOrange, keeping with theme of September PHARM = JAMIT competition … Continue reading PHARM Podcast 81 – CriticalCareReviews with Dr Rob MacSweeney

Today on the podcast we chat to Dr Nicholas Chrimes and Professor Michael Buist regarding how we can improve patient safety in hospitals by managing unexpected clinical deterioration better. I introduce the recording with the short song “Time to JAMIT” by StompTheOrange, keeping with theme discussed in the podcast by Michael Buist of rapid assessment … Continue reading PHARM Podcast 80 – Get my COAT with Dr Nicholas Chrimes & Professor Michael Buist

  Today on the podcast we chat to Benjamin Gilmour, a NSW paramedic from Sydney. He has written a book and made a film about his journey in prehospital care here in Australia and around the Globe. Its an inspirational read and the trailer looks awesome. I will be reviewing the film very soon but … Continue reading PHARM Podcast 79 Paramedico with Benjamin Gilmour

Tonight on the podcast , we bust another ketamine myth. Ketamine and epilepsy. Does it cause seizures? can it be used to manage seizures? Thanks to a long time colleague of mine Dr Johann Hiesmair who is an Austrian anaesthetist and used to work with RFDS Queensland in Rockhampton. He brought up the question having … Continue reading PHARM Podcast 78 Ketamine MythBusters Part 4 – A fitting end?

Tonight on the podcast , we bust another long term medical myth. This is Part 3 of the Ketamine Mythbusters series . This episode , we cover the neuropsychiatric effects of ketamine. Does it cause dangerous psychosis? How useful is it in the agitated patient? How common is the so called emergence delirium? What can … Continue reading PHARM Podcast 77 Ketamine MythBusters Part 3 – Are you mad enough?

Tonight on the podcast , we bust another long term medical myth. This is Part 2 of the Ketamine Mythbusters series . This episode , we cover the haemodynamic effects of ketamine. Does it cause dangerous tachycardia and hypertension? How useful is it in the haemodynamically unstable patient? Show note references: Ketamine: a review Haemodynamic … Continue reading PHARM Podcast 76 Ketamine MythBusters Part 2 – Take the pressure down

Tonight on the podcast , we bust a long term medical myth. This is Part 1 of the Ketamine Mythbusters series . This episode , we cover the big one, the fear that ketamine will literally blow your mind. Show note references: The Emerging Use of Ketamine for Anesthesia and Sedation in Traumatic Brain Injuries … Continue reading PHARM Podcast 75 Ketamine MythBusters Part 1 – Blowing your mind

Today on the podcast I interview Dr Mike Abernethy, a veteran of aeromedical retrieval and prehospital care from Wisconsin, USA. He is passionate about safety in air ambulance industry and discusses his views on why and how it can improve in the USA and abroad. BE SURE TO FOLLOW MIKE ON TWITTER! @FLTDOC1 Now on … Continue reading PHARM Podcast 74 Air Ambulance Safety with Dr Mike Abernethy

Tonight on the podcast we interview Martin Bromiley, an aviation pilot and human factors advocate since the tragic death of his wife during a routine operation as a result of a Cannot Intubate Cannot Ventilate complication of anaesthesia in 2005. I get his views on the role of aviation, commercial and military , in helping … Continue reading PHARM Podcast 73 Human factors with Martin Bromiley & Dr Nicholas Chrimes – Lessons from aviation and anaesthesia

hi folks. Today’s podcast is with Dr Bill Hinckley of UC Health Air Care & Mobile Care in Cincinnati  and current AMPA (Air Medical Physicians Association) president. Incredible stuff on Critical Care Transport Medicine  Conference(CCTMC, the next iteration of which will be March 31 – April 2, 2014, in Austin TX), training and standards and new EMS … Continue reading PHARM Podcast 72 Tribute to Fallen Colleagues and words with Dr Bill HInckley