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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...
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Pre-hospital scene times
The current iteration of the Auckland HEMS is not the first version. For a period of time in the 1990s ARHT had registrars attached to the service (mainly Emergency Medicine trainees). Following a...
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Prehospital Management of Traumatic Brain Injury
To date, the most significant procedural capability the the addition of doctors to the ARHT Westpac Rescue Helicopter has provided has been RSI capability. Of the RSIs performed so far, a significant...
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The 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...
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Protected: Prehospital blood transfusion – SOP and references
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Auckland 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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