Helicopter medical transport in severe trauma improves survival
This is a recently published paper from the French pre-hospital system, where both helicopters and ground ambulances are designated ‘mobile ICU’, and are staffed by an emergency physician, an ambulance...
View ArticleThe benefits of HEMS – more evidence!
This post was prompted by two new studies about the benefits of HEMS. For those of you with short attention spans, I’ll give a one-liner on each study then describe them more thoroughly later on. U.S...
View ArticleThe benefits of HEMS – more than just statistics!
As demonstrated by the previous post, studies that show a benefit for HEMS receive significant exposure within the medical and prehospital community. Due to the nature of the work, often relatively...
View ArticleAuckland HEMS not bailing out!
The team at Auckland HEMS were somewhat surprised to see this story in the media on Monday: Flying doctors struggle to find funding The Auckland HEMS project was originally a two year pilot conducted...
View ArticleProtected: Prehospital blood transfusion – SOP and references
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View ArticleAuckland HEMS prehospital blood transfusion – coming soon to a helicopter...
Bloody hell. Pretty much summarizes the severe traumas that define the essence of our trade. And sometimes, the answer to critical bleeding is to give blood. We are grateful to our colleagues at Sydney...
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