Podcasts – Greater Sydney Area HEMS

Welcome back to The Sydney HEMS Debrief, now on episode 13. Today we are talking about the PreCare trial, currently underway here in Sydney. This feasibility trial – a first for Sydney – concerns placing patients suffering out of hospital … Continue reading →

Welcome back to The Sydney HEMS Debrief. After an extended New Year break, we return with episode 12. We are joined this week by Sydney HEMS Staff Specialist Dr Ian Ferguson. Ian is the lead author on a recently published … Continue reading →

Welcome to episode 11 – likely our last episode of the year! The feedback has been fantastic – thank you to all who have taken the time to let me know your thoughts, and for helping to shape the episodes … Continue reading →

Join for the second part of Dr Brian Burns’ episode, as we continue to discuss mimics of shock in our trauma population. See some show notes below for more resources. Thanks for listening! Show notes: Reference on pulmonary embolism: https://emcrit.org/pulmcrit/eight-pearls-for-the-crashing-patient-with-massive-pe/ … Continue reading →

In the ninth episode of the Sydney HEMS Debrief series, we have the first half of a two-part episode! Join us as Sydney HEMS Senior Staff Specialist Dr Brian Burns discusses the recognition, aetiology and treatment of different types of … Continue reading →

Welcome back to the Sydney HEMS debrief! In this episode 8, we are joined by the extraordinary Dr Nat Kruit. Dr Kruit is a Sydney HEMS Consultant, Cardiac Anaesthetist, and ECMO Specialist. Given the increasing global chatter around ECMO, and … Continue reading →

In the seventh episode of the Sydney HEMS Debrief series, Sydney HEMS CCP and Educator Jackie Buckthought shares a challenging case from her training. Jackie discusses how this case has affected her work flow, resilience, and more recently her perspective … Continue reading →

In episode six of the debrief series, NSW Aeromedical Retrieval Staff Specialist Dr Sarah Aldington discusses a formative experience, highlighting the profound impact cases may have on clinicians and the importance of a dedicated debrief. 

Welcome back to the Sydney HEMS debrief – this is episode 5. Dr Robbie Lloyd has spent his past 12 months as a Sydney HEMS Registrar, and has been intent on making quality assurance and clinical governance ‘cool’. By harnessing … Continue reading →

In Episode 4 of the series, Sydney HEMS Critical Care Paramedic Sam Immens joins HEMS Physician Dr Samuel Bulford to discuss a pragmatic and practical reflection tool which has helped him navigate his clinical workflow. Working as a Critical Care Paramedic with … Continue reading →

In this episode, Senior Staff Specialist Dr Geoff Healy reflects on a formative case with unexpected long term follow-up, and how this has shaped his clinical career as both a physician, and mentor. 

In the second episode in this series, HEMS physician and podcast host Dr Samuel Bulford interviews staff specialist Dr Natalie May about a case which has fundamentally influenced her approach as a clinician, educator and mentor.

In the first in this series, HEMS physician and podcast host Dr Samuel Bulford interviews senior staff specialist Dr Cliff Reid who describes a case that changed his life and set his approach to mission preparation and training on a … Continue reading →

Drs Natalie May, Geoff Healy, and Cliff Reid discuss missions in which the prehospital medical team is diverted to a hospital because their patient has been moved from scene to a (non-major) hospital. While one might expect these missions to … Continue reading →

In this 25 minute podcast Dr Cliff Reid talks with Cameron Edgar, a senior helicopter critical care paramedic. Cameron has been a paramedic for 23 years, qualifying as an intensive care paramedic, then a special casualty access team paramedic, and then … Continue reading →