Natalie May continues her reflections on a year with Sydney HEMS, focusing on paediatric retrieval, drowning and airway care. These personal clinical lessons explore equipment, communication and the compromises involved in delivering critical care outside the hospital.
101 Reflective Lessons from a Year with Sydney HEMS. Part Four: More Clinical Read More
Preparing a critically ill patient for transfer brings challenges that can be less obvious at the bedside. In this third Sydney HEMS reflection, Natalie May explores sedation, ventilation, physiological preparation and contingency planning through lessons from interhospital retrievals.
101 Reflective Lessons from a Year with Sydney HEMS. Part Three: Clinical Read More
Small interpersonal habits matter when teams work under pressure. In the second Sydney HEMS reflection, Natalie May explores introductions, shared plans, checklists, fatigue and learning from mistakes, showing how everyday communication can support colleagues during demanding retrieval work.
101 Reflective Lessons from a Year with Sydney HEMS. Part Two: Human Factors. Read More
What does an ED handover look like from the other side of the stretcher? Ashley Liebig draws on prehospital experience to discuss respect, a calm reception and uninterrupted communication, then asks teams to agree and practise a shared approach to transferring care.
Ashley Liebig at Resuscitate NYC17. St.Emlyn’s Read More
What can a year with Sydney HEMS teach an emergency medicine educator? Natalie May reflects on trust, training with the people you work alongside, purposeful simulation and shared learning, including how teams can turn clinical governance and debriefing into useful educational experiences.
101 Reflective Lessons from a Year with Sydney HEMS. Part One: Education. Read More
An archived account of the 2016 campaign for a physician-paramedic helicopter service in Northern Ireland, inspired by Dr John Hinds. The post explains the staffing argument and includes a subsequent update reporting the health minister’s support for a physician-based model.
Will Northern Ireland get the PHEM service that Dr John Hinds knew it needed? Read More
Could cold saline given during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest improve survival? This 2016 appraisal of RINSE examines an early-stopped randomised trial, its lack of demonstrated survival benefit and concerns about harm, while distinguishing intra-arrest cooling from temperature management after resuscitation.
JC. Pre-hospital therapeutic hypothermia: The RINSE trial. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Simon Carley introduces a 2016 paper he co-authored on impact brain apnoea, drawing on observations from motorsport and prehospital care. The post also honours John Hinds’ contribution to the work and reflects on how clinicians’ shared experiences can prompt research questions.
JC: Impact Brain Apnoea. St.Emlyn’s Read More
