Thinking of our Ambulance Victoria colleagues & those impacted - helicopters get a lot of attention, but there is a ton of prep & work that goes into ambulance, police & fire crews being ready to turn 200 chaotic people into a managed incident sorting out who needs help first 🚑🚁🚒

Simon Carley “Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision. The road of life is paved with flat squirrels who couldn't make a decision.” -Unknown.

Our Ambulance Victoria Wellbeing team have developed a fantastic #Covid_19 Family Discussion Tip Sheet for our staff on Helping Children. Sharing more widely as may also be helpful to others

While we are aiming toward no hand shakes - it seems we are currently stuck at *shake hands and then spend a few seconds chuckling awkwardly about whether we should or shouldn’t have*

"Be fast, have no regrets." Dr Michael J Ryan says "the greatest error is not to move" and "speed trumps perfection" when it comes to dealing with an outbreak such as #coronavirus. Get the latest on COVID-19 👉 trib.al/sgRtiyo

Proud to be part of the team at Safe Airway Society that brings you this - the COVID19 intubation consensus guidelines mja.com.au/journal/2020/2…

‘Marathon not sprint’- I think it models a 2k rowing race. Now in the first 250m- the sprint phase, then we need to sustain, it will be very very tough in the middle and we will cross the line eventually! Working together is the absolute key to success. Imperial NHS 💙 #covid19UK

My sister in law had a baby today. A ray of light for our family in these dark times. My 10 year old son decided to write the newborn a message (as well as making up a name for him). Wisdom beyond his years.

It has, but Macgyvered solutions risk increased cognitive load and paradoxical incr,. contamination risk. Let’s just focus on top notch PPE and whether ETT is the appropriate intervention for this patient at this time #COZVID #airway

Beautiful spot for an AED on Kangaroo Island. Hard not to be distracted by the view!

Neil Thomson Tim Only if you had to!

Hans van Schuppen As is the case with Ikea instructions. Going solo and / or taking shortcuts can lead to problems. Explaining how the issue occurred, despite really simple aides becomes embarrassingly awkward.

THE MUPPETS WORKING FOR THE AMBULANCE SERVICE: A THREAD.

Haemorrhaging patients may not be in haemorrhagic shock (yet). Patients in haemorrhagic shock may not have active haemorrhage (now). Diagnose haemorrhage: Visual/Volume response Diagnose shock: HR/BP/Lactate etc Treat haemorrhage: Stop bleeding Treat shock: Restore perfusion

Dude, you cant break a wrist shooting a pistol. #1 the X-ray #2 the pistol

NB only the ones that get ROSC

Quick Free Airway Education! Taking time to correctly position a patient is, in my view, the NUMBER ONE way to improve your chances of successful airway management I've made a short (5 min) free lesson Please have a look and give your feedback after tinyurl.com/airway-positio…

This is so true

Clinical coordinator view vs. retrieval team view, PAG #rfdsSANT #RFDS [📸 credit clinical coord Dr Neil T, retrieval doc Dr @YasminFinally1]