FACEM ✅️. Thank you to everyone who got me to this point! St Vincent's University Hospital (SVUH) ACEM The Alfred CareFlight + Royal Darwin Hospital. #FACEM

After 12 hours of labour and then an emergency CS my baby boy entered the world yesterday. What a great week. Mother and baby doing well!

Great few days meeting some awesome people while instructing on ETM Course. Well done to all the candidates! #Trauma

Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine ✅️. Highly recommend the exam to anyone interested in #PHEM Irish Society for Pre Hospital Emergency Medicine Royal College of Emergency Medicine The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Day 1 of induction done. Looking forward to a great year SydneyHEMS. Nice to have some familiar faces around #HelloMyNameIs Andy #retrieval

Awesome talk on haemostatic techniques in trauma. New term for aortocaval compression = "knee BOA" by Mr Joe Dawson. #TraumaANZ

Interesting talk Clinton Gibbs. Use of point of care INR check in the pre-hospital setting. If elevated trigger for administration of Fibrinogen Concentrate. #TraumaANZ

"Good teachers are worth much more than the best mannequin". Trauma team training success is about changing culture. Great talk by Jonathan Papson. #TraumaAnz

Eager to try the suprainguinal approach to fascia Iliaca block taught at the recent ACEM ASM regional workshop. Tip: Use a 3 way tap with saline + local when learning the block so you can inject saline to see if you're in the right tissue plane asra.com/news-publicati…

Check out my blog post on sydneyhems.com. #retrieval #prehospital #FOAMed

A novel use for the cervical collar. At a recent pre-hospital case I was involved with I was shown this clever makeshift knee splint by one of the SOT paramedics. Worked well to stabilise the patella post reduction of the dislocation (prior to being winched out). #FOAMed

Interesting day at the Gosford awake fibreoptic intubation course-highly recommend. I'll be oozing empathy for patients the next time I do nasal endoscopy on them in the ED/retrieval setting.

Concerns raised that Irish emergency medicine model is 'failing' severely ill and injured people (via TheJournal.ie) jrnl.ie/6379063

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Great interview with Dr Lisa Cunningham. HSE Ireland NAS Critical Care & Retrieval Services Hopefully, the recent media coverage of the topic will drive some change. open.spotify.com/episode/0gwoBh…

Well said Brian Burns thejournal.ie/readme/flying-…

Currently on a helimed shift and reading the articles about #HEMS back home 🇮🇪. Thanks to those advocating My thoughts (worked for 5 services) 1. The gold standard model is doctor-paramedic. The primary cost is the platform. Adding a physician is relatively minor in comparison

Great first day at ACEM ASM Conference. Delighted to have been on a panel with Dan Ellis Stefan Mazur & Max Raos. #ACEMASM2024

Day 2 at ACEM #ASM2024 brings some insights from David Monks 🇮🇪 on regional anaesthesia in trauma, Prof. Peter Cameron on #trauma systems and Steven Colhoun on QI measures to minimise the risk of missing a #stroke Advanced Pharmacy Australia Cristina Roman Biswadev Mitra Alfred Emergency Academic Centre

Great day yesterday muhamad ACEM. Chuffed to have been able to present on my experience in regional anaesthesia in Trauma. #ASM2024