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 shock in our pre-hospital trauma patients. Whilst pre-hospital clinicians may have a natural bias towards hypovolaemic shock secondary to blood loss, Dr Burns discusses the many mimics of hypovolaemic shock, and how it is crucial we remain mindful of other causative acute and subacute pathologies.

See some show notes below for more resources.

Thanks for listening!

Show notes:

Reference on impact brain apnoea: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27211834/

Reference on spinal cord injury: https://www.nature.com/articles/nrdp201718

Reference on blunt cardiac injury: https://www.aast.org/resources-detail/blunt-cardiac-injury

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 to give it its full name, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is going to be the focus of this episode. Join us as Dr Kruit takes us through the physiology, patient selection, and retrieval considerations of this fascinating – and very specialised – area of medicine.

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 as an educator. It’s a cracker!

As ever, any feedback is welcome – please get in touch, and until the next time, have a great week.

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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. 

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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 the learning from our daily ‘coffee and cases’ team chat, he has led a fantastic project wherein snippets of learning are disseminated widely around the organisation. Find out more on this episode, as well as the blog post linked below.

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Find out more about his Quality Improvement Project here.