Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine Podcast

Hi there folks! Today I interviewed three ED Critical care doctors, Scott Weingart, Matt Macpartlin and Oliver Flower via Google Hangout. Here is the audio podcast of the interview! We are organising an inaugural Social Media and Critical Care conference in 2013 in Sydney, 11-13th March! EVERYONE IS COMING. There will be online activities and […]

Dr Andy Neill                                                            Dr James DuCanto Hi there folks! Remember a few months ago there was that French paper on carotid blood flow interruption with LMA and Supraglottic cuffed airways in a pig model of cardiac arrest? Scott Weingart recorded a podcast about it and got the lead author to make comments on this blog […]

Dr Casey Parker      Dr Amit Maini             Dr Michelle Johnston Hi there folks! Another first for the PHARM podcast! A three way interview from across Australia with : Dr Amit Maini of EDTCC blog Dr Casey Parker of Broomedocs blog Dr Michelle Johnston of LITFL blog What we […]

Dr James French and Dr Scott Weingart discuss MAKING THINGS HAPPEN in  ED and PREHOSPITAL CRITICAL CARE Hi folks! Today’s episode brings together three doctors in EM and CC from UK, USA and Australia : Dr James French, Dr Scott Weingart and yours truly! You are going to enjoy this one as we talk about […]

Flight Paramedic Ben Meadley(middle back of picture) tells us about his first DSI case Hi folks! Ben Meadley has a great prehospital blog. He is proud of his service, MICA Victoria. Things that we talk about during the interview are: His first DSI case during a recent aeromedical retrieval Recent Aeromedical Conference in Cairns Head […]

Hi folks.Tonight’s episode is on ECMO retrievals with Dr Anne Creaton, Flight Physician and Retrieval Medicine Specialist with Adult Retrieval Victoria, based in Melbourne. We discuss the history behind Adult Retrieval Victoria and ECMO retrievals, the logistics involved and the indications for this level of support for interhospital transfers. We conclude with a shout out […]

Hi folks. I am pleased to do another interview with my mate in Cincinnati, Dr Bill Hinckley. On this episode we talk about AMPA, Air Medical Physician Association. You should all join if you fly or do critical care transport work. I signed up straight after the interview. We talk about some cool HEMS transport […]

Hi folks After my article on recognising sick children, I got some tweets and ended up recording this podcast with Dr Natalie May, a British emergency medicine doctor in Manchester who has done specialised training in paediatric emergency medicine. We talk through her approach, discuss three cases and finish up on the topic of intraosseous […]

Amit Maini and Matthew MacPartlin for the August 2012 PHARM Australian perspective in EM and CC Hi folks! Another great interview with not just one but two Australian Emergency Medicine/critical care specialists on the August Australian Perspective. Amit Maini talks to us of this case of massive PE Matthew MacPartlin of Intensive Care Network provides […]

Brian and I do a quick case presentation on DSI and retrieval medicine human factorsHi there. Remember Brian, awesome Irish emergency physician, prehospital and retrieval consultant specialist and mate of Cliff Reid, Karel Habig and the greater GSA HEMS team in Sydney? He is back! We talk about a recent DSI case he performed lastContinue reading "PHARM Podcast 32 : Dr Brian Burns and a pitlane DSI case"

Seth and I do a quick overview of the challenges of managing chronic pain presentations in the EDHi there. A week ago, we read a tweet about the challenges of managing chronic pain presentations to the ED. I thought it was worthwhile having a discussion of the options in dealing with such presentations. What weContinue reading "PHARM Podcast 31 : ED chronic pain management"

This is Sean, a Canadian respiratory therapist. Tune in and learn about his profession! Hi folks! This interview I talk to Sean Marshall, a respiratory therapist in Ontario, Canada. We do not have this profession in Australia  and I believe it is mainly in North America and Canada. So I wanted to learn more aboutContinue reading "PHARM Podcast 30 : Respiratory Therapy Profession with Sean Marshall"

Tune in to hear Seth and I discuss being a new attending, intubation, health policy and cricoid pressure! Hi folks! This episode with Dr Seth Trueger, ex Chief Resident at Mt Sinai, NYC. Schooled in the dark arts of airway management and ED critical care by Mr EmCrit himself, Dr Scott Weingart. He has started […]

  Hi folks! This episode , as part of Surgical airway month of July 2012, I interview Dr Jordan Schooler an EM Resident in USA. He has just recently completed internship and was doing his first ICU resident shift when a patient with angioedema gets admitted from the ER to his ICU. Its a night […]

Hi folks! This episode was sparked by a Life in the Fast Lane article by Dr Michelle Johnson, Aristotle and Benzos for back pain Casey and I debate the role of benzodiazepines in acute back pain. We go onto  discuss chronic pain management in general and share our clinical pearls on the matter. We touch […]