Prehospital trauma through the eyes of Peter Economou. Life in Australia as a paramedic is not for the faint hearted  !!!!. 

In this Episode I sat down with Peter Economou a very experienced paramedic. Peter has been working in this field for over 20 years and remains at the forefront of emergency care. He has held extensive positions as a paramedic and is one of the most respected clinicians working today. In this conversation we covered prehospital trauma, the role of team work, the use of the MARCHE nemonic , calciums role in trauma, needle decompression and how to deal with one of the hardest jobs in the world ( being a paramedic). 

 Case Notes 

Calcium in trauma

Ionised calcium levels in major trauma patients who received blood en route to a military medical treatment facility Click link to article 

https://emj.bmj.com/content/emermed/35/3/176.full.pdf?casa_token=-bkDDI-5zqEAAAAA:EigSbwsp3ywb1O5p6XmiaegBJvjg6CQp4PEHSgLMOjSHX9j05IjaMH0BDOyW7uX9w78YNdiFcPuTWQ

Ionised calcium levels in major trauma patients who received blood in the Emergency Department Link to article

https://emj.bmj.com/content/33/8/569.short?casa_token=K3zJwHMYKo0AAAAA:TWWYSj80paraxpGw4CFN255pMKxirThHYTGNz0rwPAlJj_Ez9dOywyN9B570FdqsrTmZOv6o88PQFg 

Haemostatic resuscitation

https://litfl.com/haemostatic-resuscitation/

accessed 22nd August 2020. Link to website Life in the fast lane

Pelvic Binders

Link to Journal Article

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5664718/

Binder placement

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020138320301741?casa_token=-TNOOV3myM4AAAAA:lROt14wZdPW9IHISjM2D8BB4oPcqTy2wch7-MRF7HRxC25AA464YR6PyERddkDIgMCMu79Llh8dl

Interesting books

• You Must See Some Terrible Things

By Patrick Kennedy

Link to novel

https://www.qbd.com.au/you-must-see-some-terrible-things/patrick-kennedy/9780731807659/

• A Life on the Line: A MICA Flight Paramedic's Story Paperback – 1 June 2019

Link to novel on amazon