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ED JAM (just a medical ) podcast Lifting the lid on emergency medicine for all people working in emergency departments.
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Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
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
Ionised calcium levels in major trauma patients who received blood in the Emergency Department Link to article
Haemostatic resuscitation
https://litfl.com/haemostatic-resuscitation/
accessed 22nd August 2020. Link to website Life in the fast lane
Pelvic Binders
Effect of Early Pelvic Binder Use in the Emergency Management of Suspected Pelvic Trauma: A Retrospective Cohort Study
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5664718/
Binder placement
Identifying risk factors for suboptimal pelvic binder placement in major trauma
Interesting books
- You Must See Some Terrible Things
By Patrick Kennedy
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
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