Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine Podcast

hi folks. Today’s podcast is with Dr Adam Darnobid, EMS physician and former flight doctor at LifeFlight Massachusetts. Incredible stuff on prehospital airway care training and standards and new EMS board certification in USA. Here  is a summary of his thoughts on prehospital airway : Intubation prehospitally 2013 It’s not about intubation, nor tube delivery, […]

hi folks. Today’s podcast is with an old friend of the show, Flight Paramedic Ben Meadley. He recently has been to a UK lecture visit, speaking to College of Paramedics in UK on trauma care via his service of Ambulance, Victoria. Great international role as ambassador for Australian prehospital care! Also Ben talks to PHARM […]

hi folks. Today’s podcast is taken from a G+ Hangout I did with Dr Yen Chow(Canada), Paramedics Matt Fults and JD Graziano (Iowa, US). Lets be honest the audio quality is not great! But it was a great discussion despite not being able to record it satisfactorily! Folks, if you ever try to do this […]

hi folks. I interview Dr Alasdair Corfield, a consultant emergency physician and retrieval doctor with Emergency medical Retrieval Service of Scotland. Him and his colleagues in Scotland, such as Dr Stephen Hearns, put on an annual Retrieval medicine conference. I chat to him about the 2013 highlights and the promise of 2014 conference! Now on […]

hi folks. I interview Dr John HInds, a consultant anaesthetist/ICU doctor, prehospital doctor and motorsports medico in Ireland. We had a fun chat on a couple of prehospital articles, anaesthesia and airway management. Show note references: Introduction of the i-gel supraglottic airway device for prehospital airway management in a UK ambulance service Undertreatment of acute […]

Retrieval docs Cliff Reid and Brian Burns of Greater Sydney Area HEMS have a chat with me on pearls and tips in preparing the critical patient for retrieval/transport. Show note references: Interhospital patient assessment Rural Doctors Net Now on to the Podcast Right Click and Choose Save-as to Download the Podcast.Filed under: Aeromedical retrieval, Emergency […]

Scott Weingart gave a talk on Essence of Critical care : Upstairs care, Anywhere. Dont give up , he said. So here is a quick 6 minute podcast on two personal pieces of writing on airway management. I meant them to be somewhat tongue in cheek but also to point towards improving our attitudes towards […]

Hi Folks! These are MORE JellyBeans from SMACC 2013 with Dr Doug Lynch, a RFDS colleague of mine! They are short interviews with speakers and delegates from the conference. Featured guests are : Dr Mike Cadogan,EM Doc, LITFL author, creator of #FOAMEd, altruistic supporter of many blogs, medical educator extraordinaire Dr Domhnall Brannigan, EM doc, […]

Hi Folks! These are the JellyBeans from SMACC 2013 with Dr Doug Lynch, a RFDS colleague of mine! They are short interviews with speakers and delegates from the conference. Featured guests are : Dr Chris Nickson of LITFL and Emergency Physician Dr Andre Bonny, hospital resident medical officer, GreyMouth , New Zealand. Dr Victoria Brazil, […]

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Hi folks! I interview Canadian ED Physician Yen Chow on RSI! Here is Yen below! These are some notes Yen sent me after the interview. Thanks YEN! QUOTE BEGINS: This is my short crash-intubation-equipment checklist “BLTS” that I pronounce “blitz” for best attempt first pass crash intubation success   Bougie Laryngoscope Tube Suction     […]

Hi folks! Its all on the video and podcast below. Show note references: David Newman’s SMARTEM A picture is worth a thousand LPs Rob Orman’s ERCAST explain it : CT and SAH Now on to the Podcast Right Click and Choose Save-as to Download the Podcast.Filed under: Emergency medicine and critical care, FOAMEd, Interviews of […]

Hi folks! Its snowing in Utah This is a photo of the Snow outside, sent to me from my mate Dr Rob Bryant in Utah. Remember him? Yep the one from the Damn Sexy Intubation episode. Anyway we had a chat on the occasional intubator and airway skills maintenance. How do you keep your emergency […]

Hi folks! Meet these two guys.. Dr Peter Fitz, Emergency Physician and Retrieval Specialist Dr Nicholas Chrimes, Consultant Anaesthetist Dr Nicholas Chrimes and Dr Peter Fritz from Melbourne published a FREE eBook with accompanying Youtube powerpoint presentation on their approach to emergency airway management using simple cognitive aid to assist in the unexpected difficult airway […]

happy New Year! Scott and I have a friendly discussion on his Upcoming EmCrit Intubation checklist What we talk about : Sux vs Roc Propofol vs ketamine vs etomidate Pretreatment drugs for RSI here are some other intubation checklists that PHARM endorses! EDICT Airway registry RSI checklist Scottish Retrieval Service pre RSI checklist GSA HEMS […]